Early in the morning of the second day, Mao Leyan went to Concubine Ning's side and asked Concubine Ning to hand over the big seal and account book of the palace, Concubine Ning said that the account book was in the account room, and asked Mao Leyan to go to the account room to find Mr. Accounting for accounting, Mao Leyan went to the account room, but Mr. Accounting said that the account book had been given to Concubine Ning a few days ago, and it had not been handed over yet.

Mao Leyan knew that the account room didn't dare to deceive her, probably because Concubine Ning was playing tricks. She really didn't have so much time to play with her, so she went to the concubine's place, saying that she had something to do, and she bothered Aunt Yu to go to Concubine Ning to get the account book in person, and she came back to get it. The concubine also expected that Concubine Ning was unwilling and deliberately played Mao Leyan, so she asked Aunt Yu to run this trip herself. Aunt Yu had a good impression of Concubine Ning before, but now when she saw her doing such a small-bellied thing, she complained: "How generous and decent in the past was, probably pretended, the dignified side concubine, it was just a matter of going to someone's new house to make trouble, but now that the general trend is gone, and these disturbing things are still being done, it really makes people not know how to say it." ”

In the end, the concubine cared about the old love, and said: "Let you go, where is there so much nonsense?" It is common for women to be jealous and jealous, and you don't need to worry about her on this. After that, he turned his head to Mao Le and said, "Xiao Yan, she is still a side concubine, and the respect she should have is not less, she has been in charge of the affairs of the house for so long, and she has not made any mistakes, it can be seen that she has the ability, you communicate with her more and let her teach you." ”

Mao Leyan nodded and responded: "Yes, I will communicate with her more." ”

The concubine was a little upset, since the death of Xiaochun girl, there is always an ominous omen in her heart, and she always feels that she is guilty, although she ordered someone to bury Xiaochun, but in the end she died because of the ring she gave to Snow Goose, this matter is like a thorn in her heart, left and right is not a taste.

After Mao Leyan left, she sighed: "You say, I married so many aunts and grandmothers for Xian'er, is it wrong or right?" Hey, if it weren't for the childlessness that I wouldn't waste these thoughts, you see which of these women I sought for him did he really like? It really hurt Xian'er and those women. ”

Aunt Yu was relieved: "It is their blessing to be able to marry into the palace, as for the prince's busy government affairs, it is right not to be nostalgic for his children's private affairs, besides, the prince is not a heartless person, and the aunts and grandmothers in the palace can see this clearly." ”

"I hope so, I don't know what Xian'er thinks now, he said that if he likes Yan'er, then marry it, and after marrying back, I saw that he didn't care anymore. Now that I like Xiaoyan, I probably just want to be fresh, and when the freshness passes, isn't it hanging aside? Forget about the people next to you, just point it to him, but Xiao Yan is a very independent woman, and she is very pleasing to me, how can I bear to let her marry Xian'er as a concubine? It's too aggrieved. The concubine said in annoyance.

Aunt Yu asked curiously: "Miss, do you like the eighteen points in the past, or do you like the little words more now?" ”

The concubine smiled and said: "Eighteen is cowardly, like me before, when I first married your uncle, I loved him deeply, but I didn't dare to express it, I kept it in my heart, and did a lot of stupid things to get his attention, but in the end it disgusted him." If I hadn't given birth to Xian'er, I'm afraid that now I would have been sent out of the house. Saying that I like eighteen, it is better to say that she pities and sympathizes with her, and it is impossible to talk about really liking her, but I always want to protect her and let her suffer less harm, after all, I also came all the way from her stage. As for Xiao Yan, you say, do you like this girl? ”

Aunt Yu said: "I like it, I like it so much, I sometimes think that if I have such a daughter, my wish is enough." ”

The concubine took her hand and said apologetically: "I hurt you, you could have married, but I was selfish and insisted on keeping you by my side." ”

Aunt Yu smiled bitterly and said: "No, fortunately, Miss didn't allow me to marry, otherwise I don't know what it would be like today, he turned out to be a man who was full of prostitutes and gambling, I heard that a few days ago he broke a leg, and now I don't know where he is." ”

"Twenty years later, you still can't let go of him?" Seeing that her eyes were red, the concubine couldn't help but ask distressedly.

"Let it go, for such a person, where can I be reluctant? What I can't bear is just the good old time twenty years ago, and it has nothing to do with him. Aunt Yu sighed.

The concubine patted the back of her hand and said, "You and I have been sisters for many years, I don't know what you are thinking?" If you really can't let go of him, go to him with some money, and after all these things, I think he will know to repent. If he still has you in his heart and is willing to reform for you, I have no objection to you marrying him. ”

Aunt Yu suddenly hid her face and cried, this matter has been accumulated in her heart for many years, although she knows his character, but she still can't let it go, maybe because she can't get it, if she marries him twenty years ago, she will definitely regret it now. It's just because I didn't get together 20 years ago, and there was a thought left in my heart, but now I feel as beautiful as ever. There are disappointments, but more of them want to face it, no matter what he becomes, she needs to face the feelings in her heart, whether she is dead or desperate, she always has to give an explanation to herself.

"I've thought about it, now that Xiaoyan is by my side, and she knows how to heal, even if you leave with him, I will have someone to take care of. However, the premise is that the man must change. "The concubine has actually ordered someone to investigate him, he is now down, regretting his prodigal personality in the past, he is in his forties and almost fifty years old, and he has only begun to be sensible. The concubine had mercy on him because of Aunt Yu, she began to follow her at the age of ten, so many years, she has been serving wholeheartedly, back then, he was the account of the palace, because of bad gambling, he had lost the silver in the house, and later investigated it, the concubine objected to Yu'er being with him, Yu'er didn't know about it at the time, and begged the concubine for a long time, how could the concubine marry Yu'er to such a person with bad character? insisted on refusing, and swung his sword to cut the love silk and expel him from the palace.

Aunt Yu later heard about this matter, and began to not believe it, and later ordered someone to investigate, if there was such a thing, plus later after he left the palace, his true nature was exposed, and he prostituted and gambled, and I heard that after marrying a wife, his wife also ran away, and with such a person, she also knew that she would not have a happy life. So gradually, I hid this love in my heart, and planned to no longer be involved in love in this life.

Twenty years have passed, in fact, she has been paying attention to his news, but all she gets is heartbreaking. After his wife left, he not only did not repent, but even intensified, even sold his family property, gambled, and owed a lot of money to others, because he was unable to repay, so he was broken a leg.

Aunt Yu listened to the concubine's words, and cried more and more sadly, since he was broken a leg, she had sworn not to ask him anything again, so she never knew his news later.

At noon, Aunt Yu took the account book from Concubine Ning and went to Lingxiangyuan to find Mao Leyan in person.

Mao Leyan was looking at the other accounts in the house at the time, and when he saw Aunt Yu personally sending the account book, he hurriedly went out to greet him. Aunt Yu was in a bad mood and was about to leave after a few casual words.

Mao Leyan sorted out the account book and found that some of the numbers did not match, so he ordered someone to send the bookkeeper for questioning.

The bookkeeper didn't know anything at first, and then under Mao Leyan's questioning, he said that he had received Concubine Ning's silver and made a fake account, and the income and expenditure were completely wrong, among them, a full five thousand taels of silver were missing.

The accounts were done very well, and the account office originally thought that it would not be investigated, but who would have thought that Mao Leyan would be so careful, and he saw the problem in half a day.

Mao Leyan fired the account on the spot, and when the account clerk saw that Mao Leyan was not punished, he was grateful, and hurriedly packed up his things, and left without even this month's salary.

She didn't plan to make this matter public, and as for the deficit of silver, since she had already made a false account, she would treat it as if she didn't know it, and it would be recorded according to the previous amount. It's not that she's afraid of Concubine Ning, but she knows that the concubine still has expectations for Concubine Ning, and she can't bear to let the concubine down and be sad, so she secretly warned Concubine Ning about this matter, and publicizing it will only make Concubine Ning ruined, and she can't get any benefits, this kind of thing that hurts others and herself is useless, why bother? The palace is not short of these 5,000 taels, and the fields granted by the emperor have an income of more than 100,000 taels every year just by collecting rent, not counting other food and the annual rewards that the palace receives from the royal family every year, as well as the profits and property rents of the shops opened under the Qingwang Mansion. Of course, these ledgers have always been accounted for by King Qing himself, and she is only responsible for collecting rent and all expenses in the house.

In the afternoon, the sky began to darken, Mao Leyan stretched his waist and asked Xiao Shu: "What time is it?" ”

Xiao Shu brought hot tea, sent a small stove to her, and said, "It's too late, just now Lawei went out to get something, and I heard that the emperor is coming." ”

Mao Leyan's eyes flashed, his heart was pounding, and he pretended to ask casually: "Really?" Coming, huh? How long has it been? "In fact, when I was looking at the account book, I had already guessed that he was coming and wanted to go out, but I didn't know what excuse to use to go out.

"I just came, and now I'm talking to the prince in the main hall." Xiao Shu replied.

Mao Leyan couldn't sit still, took a sip of tea and said, "What about the concubine?" Did the concubine go out of the main hall? ”

Xiao Shu shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I should be going out, the queen is also here, no matter what, the concubine will also go out to meet her." "There is a difference between monarchs and ministers, although they are elders, but after all, they are ministers, so the respect of the concubine is also to be worshipped.

Mao Leyan casually copied an account book and said, "I just have something to ask the concubine, I'll go out." With that, he hurried away.

Xiao Shu shouted behind her, "Then I'll go with you." ”

Mao Leyan's body had already flashed out quickly, and Xiao Shu hurried to catch up, but she was nowhere to be seen.

As soon as Mao Leyan came out of Lingxiang Garden, she felt a murderous aura around her, and she was slightly startled in her heart, it seemed that the other party had come.

She stopped, and the scholar whispered in her ear, "Be careful, there is an ambush." "The scholar has a very high spirituality, and under the guidance of Mao Leyan, he now has some spiritual power, so even if he is hidden in Mao Leyan's jewelry, he can easily feel the different aura around him.

Mao Leyan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I can handle it." ”