The eldest lady's words attracted everyone's attention and immediately turned to Ye Zhiwei.

Although everyone didn't speak, their eyes invariably showed an expression of "I see".

The third lady had just returned to Beijing and couldn't wait to go to the king for a private meeting, which confirmed the previous rumors about her biological mother Min.

Mean and jealous, these words come from the mouth of the queen's mother, presumably there must be a mother and a daughter, but I'm afraid that this third lady is also such a character, right?

All kinds of eyes gathered, but Ye Zhiwei was calm, hiding the disdain at the corners of her lips, and said quietly: "What the eldest aunt said is so strange, Zhiwei only returned to Beijing yesterday, and even the things in the house were invited by the aunt to Tianchan Temple before they had time to clean up, not to mention how could I know in advance that His Royal Highness would come here, just say that if it wasn't for the help of the prince of Nan just now, I wouldn't even be able to find the way back, how can the eldest aunt say that I pushed my cousin for a private meeting with the king?" ”

The eldest lady had the impression that Ye Zhiwei was a weak character, but she didn't expect her to dare to defend herself in public, and she couldn't help choking.

Ye Zhiwei continued, "I have been abiding by my duty since I returned home, and I have not worn color or gold according to my aunt's request, and I didn't even dare to take off the veil when I went out, how could this dirty water splash on me, it really made me sad, my aunt didn't dislike Zhiwei for being a motherless child, so she wanted to humiliate me in public?" Saying that, she covered her face with her sleeve, pounced on Xiaolian, and cried bitterly.

After listening to Ye Zhiwei's words just now, I looked at her again, and saw that she was wearing a light blue plain gauze dress and a gauze hat on her head, even if she entered the house, she didn't take it off, and then look at Ye Yaoqin, who was sent in by His Royal Highness the King just now, wearing a lotus-colored embroidered gold cardigan, a gold-dotted emerald coral hairpin on her head, a jade pendant on her ears, and a white jade bracelet on her wrist.

There are always people who love to chew their tongues, and I don't know who muttered in a low voice: "It's a pity that a child who has no mother since he was a child, and he can't be so cold." ”

This kind of abuse of motherless children is not uncommon even in the Gaomen Mansion.

Many people looked at the eldest lady with disdain in their eyes, and some bold ladies took the initiative to comfort Ye Zhiwei: "Don't cry, your eldest aunt must not know, she usually loves Yaoqin the most, and it is inevitable that she will be open-mouthed in a hurry." ”

The eldest lady hurriedly took the steps to pull the words back, "It's not that I forced Zhiwei to wear vegetarian clothes, but that this child is filial and keeps filial piety for her mother." ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes widened.

Finally, someone couldn't help but shout, "Shouxiao? It's been almost ten years since Min left......"

The eldest lady had no choice but to laugh when she heard this, but she didn't dare to explain any more.

In all dynasties, if there is a filial son who keeps filial piety for ten years, he will be rewarded by the court, and if he is an official in the court, he will be added to the official and entered the knighthood.

When people heard that Ye Zhiwei had been filial piety to the Min family for ten years, they all sighed in unison, and several noble old ladies even chanted silently: "Good, good...... It's hard for this kid. ”

The eldest lady gritted her teeth with hatred, she deliberately made Ye Zhiwei wear so plain, in order to show her daughter's goodness, but she didn't expect that it would become Ye Zhiwei's merit now.

At this time, if she explained that she didn't keep filial piety, wouldn't she slap herself in the face, so she could only laugh and listen to the ladies of various prefectures say words of admiration.

Ye Zhiwei was not crying at this time, she stood quietly to the side, lowered her head, quiet like an orchid, no matter how everyone praised her, she just listened calmly, and occasionally bowed her head to thank her.

How could Yaoqin look at it anymore, she suddenly slapped the maid next to her, and shouted: "You don't have long eyes, do you want to destroy Miss Ben's feet, you are so heavy......"

The maid was beaten, and soon understood, so she had to cooperate with her with grievances, and said, "It's all the slave's fault, how is the eldest lady hurt?" Do you want to ask a doctor? ”

The eldest lady hurriedly took the opportunity to check Yaoqin's foot injury, took her into the inner room, and arranged for the maid to ask for a doctor.

When everyone saw this, they all dispersed one after another.

There was no one else in front of her, and Ye Zhiwei didn't have the leisure to go to Yaoqin's side to pretend to be enthusiastic, so she took Xiaolian to the side room to rest.

Xiaolian saw that there was nothing else around, so she spat out the door and scolded in her mouth: "Bad hearted things, they want to ruin the reputation of our young lady!" ”

Ye Zhiwei was not annoyed, she casually threw away her gauze hat and leaned on the couch.

"It's better to save some effort, you can't scold them without a piece of meat."

"But......" Xiaolian puffed up, "Miss finally came back to the capital, I didn't expect them to treat you like this......"

Ye Zhiwei sneered, "They saw that my father was seriously ill and thought that the grandfather's position was going to be replaced, so they dared to be so rampant." ”

Xiaolian listened nervously and said, "Grandpa's illness...... Is it really incurable? "Ye Zhiwei has no mother, and if she loses her father, I am afraid that there will be no place for her in the house in the future.

Ye Zhiwei's eyes were dark, she rushed back from the south after receiving a letter from her father, but since she returned home yesterday, she didn't even see her father, and the two uncles only told her that her father was seriously ill and couldn't see her.

Is my father really sick? She couldn't be sure, since she learned about the conspiracy of the queen and the crown prince, she didn't trust the two uncles in the palace more and more.

Because they want to listen to the monks in the temple, they live in the south wing room at night, and the vegetarian food used for dinner is sent by the monks in the temple, and a few side dishes look light.

Although Ye Zhiwei's body is not strong, she is finally not sick or sick, she is even more picky about eating than in her previous life, and sometimes she doesn't even want to move chopsticks when she encounters food she doesn't like.

Xiaolian couldn't help but relax when she saw that these vegetarian foods were very satisfying, and the master and servant didn't pay attention to any big rules, so they went for a walk in the garden after having dinner together.

Xiaolian secretly looked at the eldest lady's room and whispered, "I don't know if Miss Yaoqin will come out tonight." ”

Ye Zhiwei smiled secretly, as long as the King of England was still here, she would definitely not be able to help it.

Ye Zhiwei still wore a gauze hat on her head, and the two walked slowly along the garden near the wing, the gravel path in the garden was winding, and the peach groves on both sides seemed particularly quiet as the twilight gradually approached.

At this moment, from behind a clump of peach trees opposite, a woman's angry scolding voice came: "What are you? Dare to be presumptuous in broad daylight, in the quiet place of the temple! ”

Ye Zhiwei was stunned, and she and Xiaolian slowed down at the same time.

"The little lady laughed, what is broad daylight, now the sky is about to get dark, it must be lonely to see you alone here, why don't you come and talk to me?"

Ye Zhiwei and Xiaolian stepped on another path, and they were obviously a little surprised when they encountered this kind of thing, you must know that these are Tianchan Temple, how dare ordinary gangsters enter here to flirt with women.

From the crack in the peach tree, Ye Zhiwei faintly saw a tall man walking towards a woman opposite him with a wicked smile.

Xiaolian pulled her sleeve in fright, in this case, it was better to avoid it first and then call someone to help.

But to her surprise, Ye Zhiwei didn't react, she stood still, as if she was watching a play.

Xiaolian just wanted to open her mouth to dissuade, but suddenly saw Ye Zhiwei raise her hand and point in another direction in the forest.

I saw that on the other side of the peach forest, a pink corner was faintly exposed, because it was mixed in with flowers, so if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell that there was a person hidden there.