Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Wind Rises
Chen Yi watched Wu Yuan leave, thinking that Wu Yuan only came after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left, otherwise if Wu Yuan was discovered by the Prince's secret guards, he was afraid that Wu Yuan would not survive today.
Chen Yi recalled the throbbing that had just been suppressed in the side hall, and there were some indescribable feelings. Now that he is on the prince's side, it is too late to get out, so he can only move forward against the current and sink the boat. His background determines that he will not stand with the people of Qin Xiangye's party, there is only a strong opposition between them, only the position of the prince is stable, Chen Yi can go further, and only then can he have more capital to play with Qin Ji.
Chen Yi saw that Wu Yuan had gone away before leaving with a grim expression.
At this time, a person walked out from behind the Buddha statue in the side hall, it was Cui Mama beside Cui's side, and after seeing Wu Yuan and the two leaving, Cui Mama rushed straight to the west wing where Wu's family was resting.
"Madam, something is wrong!"
Cui Mama went directly into Cui's room, closed the door carefully, and said anxiously: "Just now, Madame, you accompanied the old lady to listen to the Dharma, and the old slave took advantage of this gap to go to the side hall of the Daxiong Treasure Hall to worship the Buddha, and when she was about to leave, she saw a man pulling the eldest lady in!" The old slave hid behind the Buddha in a panic. Who knows, but I heard the two of them talking about the uncle's case, as if the eldest lady already knew that the uncle's case had our hands and feet, the old slave hid behind and listened incorrectly, and vaguely heard the man say that the uncle of the Wu family and who benefited. Do you think the eldest lady will know anything? ”
When Cui Shi heard this, he was so frightened that the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, and he said nervously: "What? Did you hear me clearly? Did they find you? ”
Cui Mama hurriedly said: "I didn't find the old slave, the old slave was so frightened when he heard the two of them talk about the uncle's case that he didn't dare to come out, until they left and walked away, and the old slave didn't dare to come out after a while." ”
Cui's was relieved when they heard that Wu Yuan and they didn't find Cui's grandmother.
"Don't panic, this time is different from the past, even if she knows, what can she do, she is a little girl, and we didn't do anything in the uncle's case, but we just fought for some for the interests of the second master. Don't show your feet. ”
Cui Shiqiang said calmly: "It seems that we have to think of some way, so that this girl can't stay in the Wu family." If she had thought about it, she was afraid that sooner or later she would have to stab the old lady to her, it would really be over. ”
"Madame, what are you going to do?" Mama Cui leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
Cui Shi pondered for a while, and said to Cui Mama: "You go out tomorrow to find a Taoist leader, give him some silver taels, and let him think of a way to let Wu Yuan leave the Wu family." ”
Mama Cui was a little hesitant when she heard this, the old lady has always felt sorry for the eldest lady, can this be done?
Seeing that Mama Cui was silent for a long time, Cui Shi raised his voice and said, "Did you hear it!" ”
Cui Mama hurriedly agreed: "I heard, I heard, the old slave will do it early tomorrow morning." ”
Wu Yuan returned to the wing room to rest, still thinking about what Chen Yi said in the side hall in the afternoon, but he didn't know that she had been remembered.
Chun Tao saw that Wu Yuan had been sitting on the circle chair in a daze since he came back alone, and said softly: "Miss? Miss? ”
Wu Yuan came back to his senses and said, "What's wrong?" ”
Chun Tao said: "Miss, why don't you bring a maid when you go out in the afternoon, this is outside, you can't run around casually, the pilgrims outside are coming and going, it's not good to be seen." ”
"Don't worry, Aunt Chuntao, no one saw me, I just went out for a walk in the house."
Wu Yuan thought for a while and said to Chun Tao: "When I went out in the afternoon, I met Chen Yi, the son of Babao Zhanghong Pharmacy, and it seemed that he knew that my father's case had some unsavory secrets. But what it is, he can't say clearly, I'm thinking about it, after no one in our big house, it seems that the second room is profitable, but how do I think the second uncle is not that kind of person. You tell me? ”
When Chun Tao heard this, she hurriedly called Lilac to guard outside the door, and said in a low voice: "The second master does not look like that kind of person, but the second grandmother is not easy to say, Miss, you are young, you don't know many things in between, the father of the second grandmother used to be just the Jiangnan Province inspector of the imperial history, from the fifth grade." Since the second grandmother married into the Wu family, the father of the second grandmother has been promoted all the way, and now he is a member of the general political envoy Zhengsanpin, and the second grandmother's spirit has also risen. In the past, when the eldest grandmother was there, she was disrespectful to the eldest grandmother, and the eldest grandmother didn't say much because of the concubine, and she suppressed the matter several times. Forgive the slave and the maid, miss, you have to be careful of the second grandmother. Although the second room is in charge, isn't there no sect yet? The uncle is still alive, and the family members of this second room are not right! ”
After listening to Chun Tao's words, Wu Yuan couldn't help but jump. Right! Zongzi! Although my father was sentenced to exile, he was still alive after all! Although the second room is in charge, the grandmother has not convened the clansmen to open the temple and set up Wu Yongan as the son. If you don't set up a sect for a day, I'm afraid that the second aunt's heart will not be at peace for a day!
Wu Yuan secretly thought that Yong'an must not be allowed to become the son of the sect, otherwise if his father's situation improves and he comes back one day, their long house will really become superfluous for the Wu family!
The next day, Wu Yuan still looked calm, as if nothing happened yesterday to ask the old lady to say goodbye, the old lady said with a smile: "This is not home, I finally came out to relax for a few days, why don't you sleep lazily like your cousin?" ”
Wu Yuan bent down and bowed, and said with a smile: "Although I am not at home, but the rules cannot be abolished, my cousin must have overslept after reading late yesterday, otherwise they would definitely come to greet my grandmother like Yuan Niang." Isn't the second aunt the one who values the rules the most? Since the second aunt is housekeeper, the people in the courtyard know more about the rules and are cautious in their words and deeds. Second aunt, what you said Yuan Niang is right? ”
Cui Shi was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect this little girl to give her this play, and hurriedly said with a smile: "It's still the eldest niece who understands my brother, the two brothers Yongan and Yongkang were indeed late in reading yesterday, so they overslept overly." As for the housekeeper's affairs, the eldest niece is still young, and she doesn't understand many things, and the subordinates have to be restrained from time to time, so that this huge house can behave in a proper manner. This is also something I learned when I was learning housekeeping from my mother at my mother's house. ”
Cui Shi paused, looked directly at Wu Yuan and continued: "But I heard from the next person, I saw the eldest girl walking around the temple alone yesterday, I'm afraid it's not good, how can you not bring a maid outside, I think the maid in your room should also be disciplined." ”
The old lady was about to ask Wu Yuan, when the two brothers, Wu Yongan and Wu Yongkang, belatedly came to the main room to greet the old lady.
Before Wu Yongan could speak, the young Wu Yijin preemptively said: "Yesterday, the two elder brothers said that they would go to the back mountain to see the spiritual spring, and invited me to go with the eldest sister, but the eldest sister said that we were girls and it was not suitable to go to that kind of place, so she dragged me back." ”
"Second aunt, you also heard it, my sister doesn't lie when she speaks, my niece and nephew went back to the West Wing with Yijin yesterday, and there are two cousins to testify." Wu Yuan said without changing his face.
"Yes, mother, the eldest sister did go back with the younger sister yesterday, but I'm afraid that the next person will look away." Yongkang also hurriedly said on the side.