Liuli glanced around, took the old lady's surprise, Qi's surprise, and Aunt Su's and others' surprise into her eyes silently, and then silently took two steps forward and said respectfully: "It's a little disrespectful to say, and I have to ask Mrs. for forgiveness first." Ice @ Fire! Chinese."

Yu Shi paused and said, "You say." ”

Liuli said: "This branch flower was found from the relics of Cuiying. ”

As soon as these words came out, several people stood up from their chairs, and Nie said, "Bold! On Madame's birthday, you dare to take out the dead man's things to add bad luck, and come to someone's mouth! ”

Yu said: "Slow! ”

Nie Shi was stunned, watched her come out of the seat, looked around Qi's place, turned back, and said, "Nine girls go down." ”

Liuli bowed his head, and then said: "I'm ashamed to say it, Mrs. Birthday, Liuli should have given a decent gift, but I was helpless and shy, and I didn't have anything to get my hands on after thinking about it." It happened that yesterday Red Sleeves came to say that I wanted someone to add to the house, so I called Rui'er to clean up the bed, and found a small cloth bag under Cui Ying's bed, which contained this. I think Cui Ying is a maid, where did she get such a valuable thing, maybe she stole from which lady, she didn't dare to hide it, and I thought I would take this opportunity to ask Mrs. to accept it for the time being, in order to show Liuli's heart. ”

Maybe Cui Ying's matter is too mysterious, or Yu has always been suspected of carrying Cui Ying's life, so that many people secretly dare not speak, no one thought that at this time Liuli would be stupid enough to hit the knife and expose her scars on Yu Xing's head, everyone began to wonder if she was tired of life, they all watched quietly, waiting for Yu's reaction.

Yu listened. His face tensed for a long time.

The old lady's face was particularly bad, it was her idea to congratulate the Yu family on her birthday, although Cui Ying's death order was still secretly discussed among the people, and repeated bans were ineffective. But the Yu family is in charge of the middle feed after all, as her mother-in-law, no matter how dissatisfied she is, she should also maintain the dignity of the eldest daughter-in-law in the mansion on the surface, not to mention that now He Mansion and Youcheng Mansion are grasshoppers tied to a thread? At this time, if anyone blocks her, it will simply be with her Mrs. He!

The old lady snorted and was about to speak, but Aunt Su bent down at this time and said softly in her ear: "I look at this Huasheng." It's always strange, which lady loves butterflies? ”

When the old lady heard this, she looked at it carefully. This one is finished. His eyes were like a lamp and he looked at Qi, who also had a jade butterfly hairpin on his head.

The handkerchief in Qi's hand fell and he bent down to pick it up.

A smile suddenly appeared on Yu's lips, and he handed Hua Shenglian the box to the red sleeves: "I am very satisfied with this gift, I will reward the ninth girl with a pair of gold bills, a pair of silver bills, and three hanging coins for Mama Li." The value of the thing is not important, the important thing is the mind, the ninth girl can return this thing, it is very valuable, this Huasheng Ruoruo is really which lady lost it. Available another day. Come to me. ”

Mama Li was stunned in disbelief. Liuli bent down and thanked him. As if a child had been complimented, he stood aside with a smile on his face.

The old lady looked thoughtfully at Yu and then at Qi, lowered her eyes and lifted the Buddha beads on her wrist.

After the maids finished their birthdays, they began to set up breakfast. Today, because the eldest grandmother, the second grandmother and the aunts of each hospital came, two tables were added, and the grandmother took Ruimin to sit at the girls' table, and Huanhua didn't know if it was because of the group fan, so he was recruited by the Yu family to sit down on his side, and he had the same treatment as Yuhua.

Yan Hua will not let go of Liuli at every meal, and before the dish is served, he said in a weird manner: "Yo, how can such a heroic master also share the table with us?" I thought the eldest lady would open another table for you! ”

Liuli smiled and ignored her today.

The old lady's congratulatory gift was to invite a set of four people to set up a loose music team, take advantage of the good weather to set up a stall in the Haitang courtyard of Anxi Hall, and sing a few miscellaneous plays to Yu's music.

After breakfast, the ladies and girls all moved to the Begonia Courtyard. Qian Changsheng's early order set up the tables, chairs and benches, and when he saw the arrival of the Yu family with the old lady, he greeted him with a busy smile and congratulated: "The slave wishes the eldest lady every year and today!" ”

Yu smiled and ordered someone to reward, and Nie shook a handkerchief beside him and scolded with a smile: "Phew! Who doesn't know that your lady Qian is already the wife of the big housekeeper who lives in the courtyard and has slaves and maids to follow, and in front of so many maids, she calls herself a slave and maid to ask for the reward of the eldest lady, you are also embarrassed! ”

Qian Changsheng said: "The fourth lady's words can be tormented by the slave!" No matter how beautiful we are in private, we are still slaves in front of the ladies, not to mention that this scenery is not all given by He Fu and the old lady? ”

The old lady pointed at her and laughed: "Your parent Sheng'er is clumsy, but he has begged you such a clever daughter-in-law!" ”

Liang smiled faintly on the side, "Changsheng'er is not stupid." ”

Liuli was standing behind her, and just happened to hear it, Nie's mind was on getting favor and selling well, and he couldn't hear it: "The old lady is eccentric!" Will do everything for our housekeeper's wife. Biyun Qingshang, why don't you hurry up and grab her purse to buy wine and eat! ”

Biyun and the two covered their mouths and laughed on the side.

Mrs. Qian hurriedly begged for mercy: "One fourth lady is no longer enough, how can I forbid two more girls?" That's it, I'll be a boy who scatters money, there is an old lady for lunch today, I don't fight, I will pay twenty taels of silver for dinner, let the big kitchen add vegetables, the old lady can appreciate the face of the east pear blossom courtyard to lend to the slave maid, the maids and sisters present will come! ”

Everyone laughed together, and sat down in front of the troupe with the old lady in their arms.

Because it is a scattered music of four people, there is no stage, one plays the pipa, one plays the three strings, one clappers, and one sings a song. The class owner took the play list and asked the old lady to wait for the play, so she sang "The Female Champion" in order.

Liuli has watched countless fashionable dramas, and is very familiar with Huang Zhen's woman dressing up as a man to get the top official in the exam, but it is the first time to listen to the play with her own ears, so although she sits at the end, she also listens very carefully.

Suddenly, someone quietly touched her arm, and when she looked back, it was a little maid named Qing'er next to Huanhua, Qing'er quietly pointed to a hall behind her, and Huanhua was waving at her behind the door.

Liuli was stunned, and looked at the front of her, the wives and girls were listening to the play, but fortunately no one paid attention to this side, Mama Li came under the banner of establishing rules, and now she didn't know where to run to eat and drink.

Qing'er tugged at her sleeve again, and Liuli had no choice but to stand up and enter the hall lightly.

When Huanhua saw her come in, she didn't say much, she picked her up and ran forward, and only stopped after passing through the hall and entering the courtyard where no one was there.

Seeing that she was panting, Liuli hurriedly stroked her back: "Your body is good, what are you doing so much to toss yourself?" ”

Huanhua finally stopped breathing, and after this movement, her face was flushed with a healthy flush, and she pursed her lower lip again when she looked at Liuli. Liuli guessed that she came for the golden silk butterfly, but if she didn't speak, Liuli wouldn't take the initiative to say it.

The two of them worked hard to get here, and they were speechless, and Liuli was silent for a while, and then said, "Are you all well?" That day, I heard that the third lady beat the murderer and kicked her out, so I really relieved you. ”

After hearing this, the gloomy color between her eyebrows and eyes seemed to worsen, and she nodded after a long time. Liuli said again: "I was afraid of affecting you, so I didn't come to see you." I believe that with the protection of the third lady, no one will dare to hurt you in the future. ”

Huanhua suddenly raised her head and looked at the roof bitterly, "With her protection, maybe I will have to suffer more!" ”

Liuli heard something strange and stared at her at the moment: "What do you mean?" ”

Huanhua also noticed the gaffe, shook his head, and closed his lips tightly. Liuli asked, "Is it Aunt Ning what she did?" She shook her head again, "No." Don't ask. You just came into the house, and you have no idea how much of a trickery this house has on its face, but it has a lot of tricks in the secret. ”

With tears in her eyes, she stood beside the begonia tree with her head hooked, like a slender and fragile vine.

Ruri slowly reached out to grasp her palm.

Huanhua took a breath and said, "I'm still like this, you are helpless, and I don't know how sad my life is." ”

Liuli shook her head and raised her lips, "It's okay, my life is cheap, I have food, clothes, and tiles to cover my head, and I'm very satisfied." ”

Huanhua also nodded and forced a smile, suddenly smiled again, and pulled out his hand. "I came to you to tell you something, the butterfly Huasheng you picked up from Cuiying's house is actually the third lady's, and I saw her reward to Cuiying. I've heard what happened in your house, the harmony between the eldest lady and the third lady is actually fake, you gave this to the eldest lady in a daze, this is the evidence that the third lady secretly bought Cui Ying to her, the third lady will not let you go, you must be careful! ”

Liuli looked at the little girl in front of her, who was about the same size as herself, and suddenly felt a little warm somewhere in her heart. When I first met Huanhua, this step-by-step third-room concubine was a little arrogant as a young lady of the official family, and she also looked down on her as an illegitimate daughter from a bad background, but she was still willing to teach her to read and write, and confessed that she didn't like her name. Her face was scratched by Yan Hua, and she also ran to greet her regardless of everyone's eyes and asked the maid to deliver medicine. Not to mention anything else, in this deep mansion compound where family affection can be used as a tool for interests, this innocence is the most rare thing.

Liuli smiled sincerely, and was about to speak, when someone suddenly heard outside the courtyard gate: "I look like I was being pulled to this side, but I don't see anyone at this time, did you go into the courtyard?" ”

"Let's go inside!"

When she listened carefully, she was in a trance that it was Mama Li and Red Sleeves, and suddenly secretly said that it was not good, and when she went to see Huanhua, she was also panicked, and immediately dragged her to the yard: "Let's hide first!" ”

Huanhua had no idea at all, only knowing that with her running, the two of them entered the backyard, and then they heard Mama Li shouting: "Ninth girl, I saw you, and you still haven't come out?" ”