Since the eldest princess's birthday, the atmosphere of Zhi Lanxuan has been tense again, the four first-class maids and the eight second-class maids are all trembling - they know that the orchid hairpin that disappeared has not yet landed, but the eldest lady has spoken first, but I am afraid that this matter will not be hidden.

In particular, Lahui, who is in charge of hairpin ring jewelry, has been restless in the past month, and she is even more panicked all day long.

However, Yuzhi, who originally advocated reporting to the Duchess of the Kingdom as the master, changed her attitude, and on this day, she actually dissuaded the hesitant and wanted to find the Huang family's Yichen.

"If the eldest lady reports to the lady like this, the slaves and maids are afraid that they will all be punished, and they will no longer be able to wait by the lady's side in the future." After saying a word, his eyes were full of tears.

Yichen was even more hesitant, and for a while he was worried about what kind of turmoil would arise when the hairpin was left outside, and he also felt pity for the maids who were waiting for him.

Yu Zhi silently looked at Yi Chen's expression, and felt a little more sure in her heart: "The slave maid thinks that whether it is Lahui, Qiong Rui, or Zhu Rui, even with the slave and maid, she will never do the act of stealing from the master, and this thief should be in a few second-class maids." ”

When the three of them heard this, they were immediately grateful to Yuzhi, and knelt in a row together, showing their loyalty.

"The eldest lady, the slave and maid are brave, and please ask the eldest lady to give some time to be lenient, and the slave and maid will secretly inquire about it, and wait for the thief to be corrected, ask about the whereabouts of the hairpin, and then give the duchess to deal with it, which can be regarded as a meritorious achievement." Yuzhi pleaded again.

Yichen was originally a soft-hearted person, and he didn't want to affect the innocent, but when he heard this, he immediately moved, and even temporarily dispelled the idea of Shangyu.

Only then did Lahui breathe a sigh of relief, and a few big girls met, and took a look at the situation of the second-class maids, found out a few suspicious ones, and secretly investigated them separately.

But said that Lahui, originally had a sister-in-law, who had been working in the needlework room, and had a personal relationship with Xia Ke, Lahui knew that Xia Ke's brother Sanshun was very familiar with some three religions and nine streams outside, so she wanted to pass the word through Xia Ke and let Sanshun inquire about the whereabouts of the hairpin outside, she didn't dare to make a noise, but now, she can only make a desperate bet.

When Xia Ke heard about this, he immediately reported the scene.

As soon as he heard that the orchid hairpin was engraved with the name of Yichen, Yijing's heart sank, and he felt that this matter was not as simple as that, so he asked Xia Ke to quietly find Lahui to interrogate, Lahui saw that Wuniang was alarmed, and complained to Xia Ke a little, only briefly stated what happened, cried and begged Wuniang to be gracious, don't make a noise first, and secretly glared at Xia Ke several times.

"This matter is small if it is small, and big is big, and it is not something that a few of you maids can bear." Yijing thought of Ma Er's forced marriage, and pinched a cold sweat for the eldest sister, seeing that Na Lahui was full of panic, she couldn't help but increase her tone: "It's happened for so long, you really didn't publicize it?" ”

"The slaves and maids knew that it was powerful, and they didn't dare to make a noise, but at this time, there was no way out, and Yuzhi thought of that way again, so she thought of making a desperate bet." Lahui snorted.

"What did you do earlier, you will know that you are in a hurry now." Yijing shook her head.

"The slave is responsible for taking care of the hairpin ring jewelry, and when this happens, she will naturally bear the brunt, but the slave is really wronged...... The slave and maid are stupid, and they can't think of any other way, and everyone else must be the same as the slave and maid...... Even Yuzhi, at first, was the one who advocated reporting to the Duchess of the country, and she was afraid of being implicated, so she ...... "Lahui said later, she didn't know what she was talking about, but she just kowtowed again and again, begging Wu Niang not to make a noise.

Yi Jing was stunned: "You mean, Yuzhi advocated reporting to her mother at first, and then she changed her mind?" ”

"Exactly, if she hadn't persuaded the eldest lady, she would have come up with this compromise method......"

Yijing groaned for a while, and the bottom of his heart became more and more confused.

The maids beside the eldest sister were hand-selected by the mother, and there was no shortage of loyal people, and when this happened, the mother didn't know anything? This Yuzhi, according to Sanshun, her old son has been in contact with Mama Song several times these days, and she has come to the door with gifts every time. Yuzhi originally advocated revenge on her mother, which is human nature - she is not the primary person responsible, even if she is implicated, she will not be seriously responsible, and there is no need to take responsibility at all, but now, she has changed her original intention.

It's not that the beautiful scenery is all soldiers, but I am too worried about Mama Song, and I always feel that behind this matter, there is her omnipresent black hand manipulation.

At that moment, she sent Lahui away, but she still asked her not to make a noise, but invited her eldest sister to talk secretly.

Yichen learned that Yijing knew about the orchid hairpin, although he was a little surprised, but he didn't even ask a word, but pleaded for the maids: "If you want to say that they are also innocent, since my sister knows, I will not make a noise for now, and I will only pay attention to the thief after finding out." ”

Yi Jing couldn't cry or laugh: "Big sister, do you know how serious this matter is?" If there is nothing else, the hairpin can be engraved with your name, if someone does evil, and there is a turmoil, it is too late to regret it. ”

Yichen sighed: "I didn't expect it, but it's been so many days, and it's still calm, it can be seen that someone is just greedy for money...... Slowly searching, there will always be a fall. ”

Yi Jing was dumbfounded, but after thinking about it, there are many strange things about this matter, and it is not a bad idea to secretly investigate first.

So he discussed with Yichen: "According to my speculation, this thief must have something happened to the family, and he urgently needs money to save the emergency, has my sister ever been suspicious?" ”

"To say that, there are two, both of them are second-class maids, who can enter and leave my boudoir, one is called Ah Qing, and there is an elder brother in the family, who often plays with people and owes a lot of foreign debts; One is named Ah Lan, her mother has tuberculosis and is sent to Zhuangzi, and the family is also in debt for treatment. But the hairpin is missing some times, but I'm afraid that it will be done early. ”

Yijing thought about it carefully: "This thief thought that it was out of weakness of heart, so he chose my sister's etiquette to start. ”

"Why is that?"

"Because my sister's baby hairpin is not usually used, even if it is lost, it will not be found for a while, and the thief must want to delay for a while...... I don't know how old these two maids are? ”

"Ah Lan is only fourteen, but Ah Qing is seventeen, a few years ago, her mother gave her mother, said that she promised someone, and her mother also agreed, only after August, she let her go out to mar......ry" Speaking of this, Yichen's eyes lit up: "If it weren't for my whim that day, I wanted to find a hairpin to come out to enjoy it, but I'm afraid that this time I don't know that things are lost, and I wait for August...... At that time, I was afraid that I would not be able to suspect Ah Qing. ”

At that moment, Yi Jing agreed with Yi Chen, and he started with this Ah Qing.

Soon, the pawnshop was found.

But to the surprise of the two, although the pawnshop shopkeeper admitted that it was Brother Aqing who took the hosta, he said that the hosta had been ransomed!

Only then did Yichen feel that the situation was serious, and he wanted to deal with the Huang family.

Yijing had other plans: "My sister should have reported to her mother earlier, but at this time, it is not appropriate to make a noise." ”

Yichen didn't know why at all.

"Sister thinks about it, this hairpin is in a pawnshop, how can someone secretly redeem it? Since Ah Qing was determined to steal this thing and go out to pay her brother's debt, and gave her 10,000 guts and didn't dare to make a noise, someone must have known that her sister had lost her hairpin, so she had the heart to redeem it, what is this for? "Reminder.

Yichen was dumbfounded, and broke out in a cold sweat: "Could it be that someone wants to calculate me?" ”

"At this time, if it is publicized, I am afraid that it will immediately force the dog to jump off the wall, and if one is not careful, it may cause a storm in the city." Yijing didn't want to be alarmist, but after thinking about it, several princes are choosing concubines, and the eldest sister is undoubtedly an ironclad princess, which will inevitably lead to taboos.

"How can that be a good ......?"

Yijing is also at a loss: "The top priority is to implement the whereabouts of this hairpin, and this matter cannot be hidden from grandmother." ”

For some reason, Yijing didn't mention Huang.

Yichen was already in chaos, but he couldn't wait to find the fatal orchid hairpin immediately, and he let Yijing's idea, the sisters went to Yuanying Hall and told the eldest princess the details of the matter one by one, naturally avoiding others, especially Mama Song.

The eldest princess was also furious, and she was confused for a few times, so she had to be cautious and cautious, and she personally found Ah Qing at the moment, and under some pressure, Ah Qing couldn't resist the pressure and confessed to the crime, but the orchid hairpin was not found after all.

Of course, everyone didn't expect that someone had already made the first move, and the orchid hairpin had already fallen into the hands of the three princes.

For some reason, the eldest princess didn't make a public announcement, but she found a mistake, punished Ah Qing, and even found the family to take care of Zhuangzi at the bottom.

Although Yijing was suspicious of Mama Song, she couldn't find evidence, so she first entrusted Du Yuniang to secretly investigate the details of the pawnshop, and it wasn't until the next year that she found a clue to implement the ransom hairpin to the head of Song, but at that time, the turmoil of the orchid hairpin had passed, but it made Yijing's defense of Mama Song heavier, so as to design, so that the two mothers and sons could eat the consequences.

Just said that right now, Yijing has laid a trap, while waiting for the third prince to go to Qianrao Pavilion again to see the red clothes, while thinking about the trip to the water lotus pond on July 15, coinciding with this day, the eldest princess for the little ladies to resume listening to the matter, to go to the Chu palace and the old princess to speak, Yijing said by the way that some time ago, because of Yuzhou a blue and white porcelain pot, so I made a few purses to the three cousins, thinking that the gift of thanks, the eldest princess knew that she and Yuzhou played a small relationship, and did not take it to heart, simply took Yijing to the Chu Palace.

When I saw the three purses—

The old princess was full of praise and praised Yijing's ingenuity, but the eldest princess smiled a little and glared at Yijing secretly.

The purse is so delicately embroidered, at first glance, it is not embroidered by hand.

As soon as Yu Zhou heard that Yijing had come to the palace, he naturally came to Rongxi Hall with great interest, and when he saw the purse of the "cicada", he was only happy, and he couldn't put it down, and suddenly heard that Yijing instructed Qiuyue to let her send the other two to Guan Suiyuan and San Lang respectively, so he was stunned: "What, the fifth sister didn't give me a gift?" ”

There was a burst of pantothenic acid in his heart, and Yu Xiang was just stained, where did Yu Feng be qualified to get the things embroidered by Wu Niang herself? Suddenly, he remembered Wu Niang's hostility towards Xie Sanniang that day, and Yu Zhou couldn't help but be even more depressed.

"I can't favor one over the other, I want to do it, so I just rushed to embroider three, and my cousins all have a share." Yijing was only ignorant, pretending not to notice Yu Zhou's careful eyes.

Yu Zhou was unwilling, until he saw the two purses, although they were also very exquisite, but one was a green pine and the other was an orchid grass, the composition was very concise, not as interesting as his own, so he was slightly satisfied, and instructed the maid in the house to let her take Qiuyue over.

Because the eldest princess and the old princess avoided private conversations, Yu Zhou and Yijing only sat in the pantry, and Yijing asked about the flowers on the fifteenth: "I have already asked my grandmother for permission, except that the eldest sister is busy studying housework and can't be separated, the sixth sister and the eighth sister are still young, and my grandmother is not at ease, the second sister, the third sister, the fourth sister and I are all looking forward to that day, Brother Zhou has informed the elders?" ”

Yu Zhou naturally patted his chest and promised: "You still don't worry about my errands, An Jin is still young and can't ride a horse, so I can't go with you this time, An Hui and An Ran both said that they would go, and their grandmother and mother also agreed." ”

Yi Jing smiled sweetly, and that smile made Yu Zhou feel in a trance, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

said that the eldest princess came in person today for Xie Sanniang's business.

"The second sister-in-law really left her to live in the palace?" Separated by a wall, the eldest princess looked a little serious and asked straight to the point.

The old princess was stunned: "Shangyuan, I originally planned to go to the queen mother to say a few good words...... You also know that Feng'er's body is ...... Sanniang is out, and her identity is a little unworthy, but in the current situation, she has to ......"

The eldest princess shook her head: "The second sister-in-law is really confused, don't say what Xie Sanniang's identity is, think about it carefully, on my birthday that day, Xie Sanniang actually spoke disrespectfully to Feng'er in front of many noble girls, and said that it was Feng'er's own amorousness, so I know how unwilling she is in her heart, this marriage is heavenly, and the twisted melon is not sweet, she has a mustard, how can she get along with Feng'er in the future?" ”

Xie Sanniang didn't choose to say anything that day, Xiao Xie originally kept the old princess secret, and when she heard the words of the eldest princess, the old princess was also very angry: "There is that kind of girl who doesn't know what to do?" How dare she curse Feng'er? ”

"I think, the second sister-in-law should not be anxious first, the poison in Feng'er's body may not have a way to eradicate it, and besides, his marriage, the Queen Mother and the Holy Lord will also keep it in mind, and they will not wronged him in the future, so wait for two years and then see."

"How could I have thought of being so anxious, but Shangyuan, Feng'er, he, the imperial doctors have all said that they can't live to ...... crown."

"Second sister-in-law, things are far from that, and you don't want to make such ominous words." The eldest princess sighed secretly, if it weren't for the fact that the second sister-in-law didn't know what was right and wrong, and was only kind and lenient, why would the king of Chu and the prince have to hide from the world, if the old princess had known that the residual poison of the prince had been resolved, she was afraid that it would be publicized as soon as possible, and those people with malicious intentions would not know how many evil waves would arise.

The eldest princess's few words of relief, the old princess naturally couldn't listen to it, but her "good impression" of Xie Sanniang was gone, and she didn't mention the words of letting the eldest princess persuade the queen mother.

And in Guan Sui Garden, this little girl was bored in the clear sky, sitting in front of the gatehouse, holding his chin in a daze.

It wasn't until Lian Sheng, who was beside An Jin, walked up to him and stretched out his palm and shook it several times in front of his eyes, that he woke up like a dream.

"This little brother, I heard that the lotus flowers in Guan Sui Garden are blooming well, can you give me one and take it to the bottle for Sanniang?" Liansheng smiled and stood under the tall gatehouse of Guan Sui Yuan, but his tone was undoubtedly determined.

If there are others present at this time, they will definitely be surprised, who doesn't know that Guan Sui Yuan is heavily guarded, not to mention a mere maid, even the general's wife, there are times when they are turned away.

However, there was no one else at this time.

Qingkong got up lazily, and actually led Liansheng inside, and told a maid who was in Guan Suiyuan: "Take her to see the prince." After saying that, he still returned to the door, holding his chin in a daze.

Liansheng went all the way in, gradually looking at the scenery of Guan Sui Garden, although the pace was brisk, it was not difficult to see her excitement, and she was panting.

Until the atrium, the maidservant led Liansheng to the front of the hall, asked her to wait, and went inside to report, and after a while, she saw Rib greeted her, and there were no extra words, and she took Liansheng straight to the studio.

Yu Feng seemed to be a little absent-minded, until Liansheng was prostrate on the ground, calling himself the son of the world, and then he slightly sideways his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him: "Say, what's wrong?" ”

Lian Sheng was silent for a while, and then he controlled his heart beating like a deer, so as not to let his voice tremble: "Xie Sanniang found Jin Niang, and actually used the two golden hairpins as a benefit to persuade Jin Niang to help her ...... with Erlang."

Yu Feng's brows narrowed slightly, and at this time, he couldn't help jumping slightly, and a trace of cold ridicule couldn't help but pass through his eyes.

That day, when he heard Gray Du talk about it, Yijing privately "enlightened" Xie Sanniang, and he had some expectations, but he didn't know how Xie Sanniang would move, but he didn't expect Xie Sanniang to be so stupid that he actually found An Jin.

An Jin's daughter born to an outer chamber servant, but ten years old, and not long after entering the house, Xie Sanniang actually wanted to fight for her as an ally, just this is not enough, Xie Sanniang because of the concubine, usually did not have many opportunities to come to the palace, and now come here to "live", life is not familiar, and An Hui obviously will not help her, An Ran can not be counted, only one An Jin, also a concubine, and in an embarrassing situation, and the estrangement between Xiao Xie and the mustard is clear at a glance, is the only person who can fight for it.

However, Xie Sanniang actually wanted to buy An Jin with two golden hairpins, which is really ridiculous.

"The third sister is a cautious person, and she won't rush to help Xie Sanniang succeed for this little profit." Yu Feng glanced at the thin girl who was crawling again, and didn't seem surprised: "That's why you came to see me?" ”

Lian Sheng pursed his lips, suddenly raised his eyes, and looked at Yu Feng: "The slave persuaded Jin Niang, saying that no matter what Xie Sanniang does, as long as it breaks the general's wife's calculations, it will be considered happy. ”

"What are you...... Self-assertive? Although there was a slight coldness in his words, the prince's eyebrows were still faint, and there was no sense of reproach.

Liansheng gritted his teeth, as if he had let go: "The slave thinks that Xie Sanniang is not a good match for the son, so why not push the boat down the river and help her, so as to teach the general's wife to reap the consequences." ”

"What are you going to do? With your and Sanmei's current status, how can you help Xie Sanniang succeed? Shizi lowered his eyes slightly, and the corners of his lips were raised, but what he was pouting was not a smile.

Liansheng's heart froze, and the whole person was depressed: "The slave and maid have no good plan......

"So, you're making your own decisions without any certainty?"

Liansheng's thin body trembled slightly in this cold language, and he prostrated down again: "The slave knows ...... wrong"

"Liansheng, I warned you at the beginning, you must not make your own decisions, and although you regard me as the master, don't forget that the third sister is also your master, no matter what, you can't do anything harmful to her."

Shizi's tone was still like a breeze, light and calm, but it made Liansheng's back a dense layer of cold sweat.

"The third sister relied on the second uncle's love to gain a foothold in the palace, and what Xie Sanniang asked for was not just to spoil the second aunt's calculations, if the third sister rashly intervened, in case there was an omission in the matter, wouldn't it make the second uncle angry? Once the third sister loses her only support, how can she gain a foothold in the palace in the future? ”

"The slave knows what is wrong...... He also begged the prince for forgiveness this time. "Lotus life's face is like ashes.

Shizi pondered for a while, and then sighed slightly: "That's it, you go back, how to make up for this mistake, probably don't need me to teach you again." ”

Liansheng took advantage of the excitement, but returned depressed, but Rib was preoccupied, hesitated for a while, and then said: "According to the slave maid, that Xie Sanniang is really stupid, even if he has that kind of meaning in his heart, it is difficult to succeed, Liansheng's idea of pushing the boat down the river may not be unreasonable." ”

"This matter can't involve An Jin." Shizi leaned lightly on the rose chair, looked at the golden sun shining in the window, thought for a while, and then curled the corners of his lips: "It's up to you to do it, don't be too obvious, just let Xie Sanniang know that Mingyue next to Yu Zhou is a useful person." ”