Early in the morning, Shen Yuechen opened her eyes, and Wu's mother sent the brown sugar ginger tea to the small stool next to the bed.

Shen Yuechen smiled sleepily and said softly: "Mother Lao, let Chunming fetch me water first, I want to freshen up." ”

When she came together, the sound of the little maids cleaning up came from the yard.

Shen Yuechen finished freshening up, and didn't see Zhu Jintang come back for a long time, so he asked, "Uncle, will this still be in the study?" ”

Cui Xin nodded yes.

Zhu Jintang's study is not in the west courtyard, but next to the Changxiang Garden in the West Garden, there are water and trees outside the window, and there is also a bedroom in the house, where you can rest.

Shen Yuechen immediately brought some fine porridge and a few side dishes to the study.

When he asked for peace, Shen Yuechen did not go with Zhu Jintang, but deliberately wanted to bring Sister Ying'er, which was a little late.

Although Zhu Ying is a concubine, she is the eldest daughter of Zhu Jintang, and she is usually favored at home, but in the hearts of Old Man Zhu and the old lady, Brother Ming is not as important. In ancient times, people were all patriarchal, especially those who valued their children like the Zhu family.

Shen Yuechen led Zhu Ying to greet everyone, Zhu Ying was very coquettish, sensible and well-behaved, and spoke sweetly, which made the two ancestors full of joy. But he didn't dare to get close to Zhu Jintang, and his eyes looked at him, always with seven points of cringe and three points of strangeness.

Zhu Jintang rarely stays with the children, not because it doesn't hurt, but because his life is too hard. Since he was fifteen years old, there have been people around him who have been overcome by his fate, and his childhood sweetheart's cousin fell into the pond and lost his life. At the age of seventeen, his favorite maid was fortunate enough to be pregnant, and when the child was born, she could become an aunt, but she encountered a dystocia and blood collapse, and tossed for a day and a night to give birth to the child, but it was a stillbirth, the child was gone, and the maid also lost her breath, and the mother and child were damaged, which is regrettable.

Since then, Zhu Jintang has been branded with a reputation for being a tough wife, but due to the wealth and fame of the Zhu family, there are still people who can't wait to marry into the Zhu family. At the age of twenty, Zhu Jintang married Qin Hongjuan, the daughter of the Qin family, Qin Hongjuan was born in a famous family and was a talented woman, but unfortunately, she was still restrained by Zhu Jintang's fate, married for three years without children, and finally conceived a child, but encountered the pain of dystocia, she could keep the child, but she couldn't keep the adult, the Qin family still didn't hold it after all, and soon died.

After this incident, Zhu Jintang's name of being a tough wife can be regarded as a complete confirmation. Therefore, Zhu Jintang rarely gets close to the children, firstly, because the children are too young and need to be taken care of, and secondly, he himself is evasive.

Because of Nan Tianshi's words, Mrs. Zhu abandoned her previous vision and found an equally hard-hearted Shen Yuechen to give her grandson as his wife, asking for mutual restraint and fighting poison with poison. Now, the old lady still doesn't know whether Shen Yuechen is Zhu Jintang's transfer star, and she has to watch it for another year and a half.

After the family talked and laughed, Zhu Jintang explained to the two ancestors that he was going to the capital.

Old Man Zhu was still accompanying his granddaughter Silly Le one second ago, and immediately became serious the next second: "The current situation is a little delicate, you should go to your aunt first to ask the ins and outs, don't make a decision lightly." ”

Zhu Jintang nodded yes.

It is enough to have the old man's words, and Zhu Feng has nothing to explain, but Li Shi is careful, and ordered someone to quickly prepare a few special foods, and let him send them to Jingguo Mansion to honor his aunt Zhu Yuanniang.

In as little as three days, or as long as five days, Zhu Jintang was about to set off, and Shen Yuechen had to start preparing quickly.

Chunfang seized the opportunity and deliberately went to the window of the main house to remove the weeds, she cried for most of the night last night, and she couldn't go home after thinking about it, so she could only listen to Zhu An's words first and steal the account book to see if she could get a chance to go home.

Chunfang was illiterate, but she only knew that the ledger was red, and the pages inside were stamped with red seals. She walked back and forth outside the window, and sure enough, she caught a glimpse of a red booklet on the bookcase, and her heart suddenly had a plan.

Zhu An was still waiting for her to reply, she had to go if she didn't want to, but she would be a little careful and go over to find someone at dinner.

At this time, Zhu An was drinking deliciously, disgusted with the poor service of the little guy on the side, and kept scolding and scolding.

Chunfang walked in cautiously, looked at Zhu An's drunken face, and chuckled in her heart, but thinking that at this time, if he dared to be presumptuous, he would go out and shout to see if he was afraid.

When Zhu An saw her coming, his eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his foot and kicked away the little guy next to him, beckoning Chunfang to pour him wine.

The little guy was kicked to the ground, and groaned in pain, but he didn't dare to speak, and hurriedly retreated.

Chunfang didn't dare to go inside, stood far away, lowered her head and said, "Uncle, I have found the account book." ”

Zhu An was overjoyed when he heard this, and took the initiative to greet him with a wine glass, "It's good to find it, catch up with Ming'er and find an opportunity to steal it out quietly, and this thing will be done." ”

Chunfang agreed, and when she saw that he reached out on his shoulder and deliberately put the wine glass to her mouth, she was so frightened that she hurriedly hid back, and quickly retreated to the door.

"Uncle, when I steal the ledger, please give a message to my parents and ask them to redeem me and go home, okay?"

Zhu An smiled: "What's so good about going home?" How good it is here, eat and drink spicy food every day, and besides, I have an uncle who loves you every day......"

With the help of three points of wine, Zhu An's hand was also irregular, and went straight to her waist.

Chunfang was embarrassed and indignant, only to see him touching and touching, and suddenly took out a small purse from his waist, slowly took out a pair of pearl earrings, handed them to her and said: "Good girl, as long as you listen to your uncle, your uncle will love you well." This is just a greeting gift, and when you turn around and steal the ledger, your uncle will have something better for you. ”

His usual way of making money is all in that account book, if Shen Yuechen really sees any clues, then he, the second steward of the Zhu family, will not be able to continue.

Speaking of which, Shen Yuechen had already read the account book carefully, and didn't find any big problems, but he always felt that something was not quite right.

The problem is inside, the key is that she doesn't understand the market outside, and she can't find out every physical item added to the ledger to compare and confirm one by one, so it will take some time to find out the discrepancies.

At the end of the day, Chunfang was a little nervous, and before she could steal the account book, she already felt like a thief.

After dark, Chunfang looked for an opportunity to enter the house to take a look, but she couldn't wait for the opportunity, Yingchun looked at her sneaky appearance, hurriedly pulled her aside, and asked in a low voice: "I've been watching you for a long time, why are you sneaky?" ”

Chunfang lowered her head and didn't speak, Yingchun looked at her with a wrong expression, and remembered that she talked about redemption last night, her face suddenly changed, and she directly reached out and searched her body: "You girl, you won't be confused for a while, and you will touch something out, right?" ”

Chunfang shook her head violently: "No...... I never steal anything......" As soon as her words fell, Yingchun took out the pair of pearl stud earrings from her body.

This pair of studs, at first glance, is a valuable thing, and it will definitely not be hers.

Yingchun's face suddenly became even more ugly, and he decided that this thing must have been stolen by Chunfang. "You girl, you really don't know whether to live or die, and your master's things dare to steal! Let's go, follow me to see Wu's mother! ”

Chunfang was so frightened that she cried, and she couldn't explain it clearly for a while.

The little maids are usually close to Mama Wu, and they don't dare to alarm Mama Li at will.

At this time, Wu's mother was teaching two little maids embroidery in the house, and when she saw the two of them walking in, she frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Yingchun refused to let go of Chunfang's hand, only showed the pearl earrings to Wu's mother, and said anxiously: "Mom, look, I searched this thing from Chunfang." You see, she must have stolen it......"

"I didn't steal it, I didn't steal it."

Mother Wu took the pearl stud earrings suspiciously, looked at them carefully, and felt that they were not her own miss's things. "Chunfang, be honest, where did this thing come from?"

Chunfang knelt on the ground with a "plop", shook his head and said: "Mom, I didn't steal it, this was given to me by someone else, and I don't want it, but he wants to give it to ......."

After holding back for several days, I finally said it all in one go. Although what she said was a little unclear, it still made Wu's mother shocked when she heard it, and she was afraid again and again.

Such a thing naturally can't be delayed, so Mother Wu took Chunfang to find Shen Yuechen. Fortunately, Zhu Jintang is still resting in the study tonight, and it is quite convenient for their master and servant to talk in one place.

The room was as bright as day, Shen Yuechen's face was also very gloomy, her black eyes were as cold as ice, she looked at Chunfang fixedly for a while, and asked, "When did you plan to do it?" ”

Chunfang knelt on the ground, hung her head, and whispered: "Steward Zhu said that the sooner the better, the slave maid wants to do it tonight...... But the slave did not dare to ...... Grandma, the slave knows that she is wrong, the slave and the maid just want to redeem themselves and go home, and they don't want to steal. ”

After Chunfang finished speaking, she cried loudly, with tears and snot on her face.

A cold smile rose at the corner of Shen Yuechen's mouth. This second steward of the Zhu family is really not in vain, he is respectful and respectful on the surface, and he is playing these unsightly and indiscriminate methods behind his back.

"I can spare you, but you have to confront Zhu An face to face, and make all the things he tells you clear and clear, if you make a mistake, or miss a sentence or a half, I will not spare you."

Chunfang kowtowed again and again, where did she dare to say a word.

Chun Ming was so angry that he chopped his feet and said viciously: "If you dare to play any tricks, I will be the first to skin you." ”

Shen Yuechen thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Mother Wu, send someone to invite Zhu An to me, no, tie me up." ”

So far, what kind of face is there to give him, Zuo is just a minion, and see how capable he is, dare to come over and confront him face to face?