Everything was settled, and the maids of Luqing Garden that day knew about Cherry's Jin and others, so they naturally couldn't help but talk about it.

Yijing asked the cherry born in May, so he gave her a new name: "The predecessor Shiyun, 'Yesterday in the South Park after the new rain, the cherry blossoms are old Kezhi' Cherries bloom in mid-spring, the fruit is ripe in the valley rain, and when the flowers and fruits are left in May, only the Kezhi will be waiting for next spring, you are born in the summer, so you will be called Xia Ke in the future." ”

The first class maid Xia Ke attracted the envy of many people.

The wind direction turned immediately, and the maids who usually gathered around Dongyu to be courteous invariably aimed their enthusiastic smiling faces at Xia Ke, and Duba looked at this freshly baked first-class maid, who could say a few good words for herself in front of Wu Niang. Xia Ke was still the same as before, not surprised, and smiled indifferently back.

Of course, Dongyu was very disappointed, but he still forced a happy face and congratulated Xia Ke.

But taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he went to Yuanying Hall, avoided others with Mama Song, and complained.

"Grandmother, if it was someone else, it would be okay, how could it be that cheap maid, how many maids in the yard heard about her rehearsal of me that day, and they all knew that I and she didn't like each other, and now she has pressed me all the time, I'm afraid that I will look down on me even more in the future, grandmother, didn't you say that the Duchess of Guo will definitely give me the opportunity to be promoted?" The more he talked, the more aggrieved he became, the corners of his eyes were wet, and the winter rain lay in Mama Song's arms, and she was disheartened for a while.

Mama Song was also remorseful: "This time I thought about it, I saw that Xia Yun was a bucket of mud, so I shouldn't have allowed you to use that wrong strategy, the Duchess of Guo originally wanted you to be promoted, but Wu Niang was bent on letting that little hoof ...... Don't be too serious with her, isn't she just a first-class maid, she can't make any waves, those slaves and maids are just those who praise the high and the low, the eyelids are very shallow, the cherry will be in the limelight, they will naturally please her, even so, with me in the house for a day, who else would really dare to make you can't? ”

"But I can't get used to her pretending to be tall, as if she has ascended to the sky, Spring Twilight and Qiushuang sisters are already a little defensive of me, and now they are hugging her, Wu Niang has given her a new name this time, and she will be called Xia Ke in the future, I have this name, but I have to be relegated to the second class, how to think about it is also an irony." Thinking of the maids who were usually enthusiastic about her, and today seemed to have sympathetic eyes, Dongyu only felt a pain in his chest from holding his breath.

In the end, she is still a child, and it is not worth it to be idle to have these idleness, Mama Song shook her head helplessly, and stroked her granddaughter's hair: "I look at it coldly, Wu Niang just likes the temperament of that cheap maid, she is not as good as the spring twilight and autumn frost, it is a momentary limelight, if she is arrogant to you, you can hit back, but be careful, don't let her pinch your handle, as long as she can stand up, you don't need to be afraid." ”

Seeing that Dongyu was still playing a little trick and burying her face between her knees to be coquettish, Mama Song comforted again: "Today, I listened to Wu Niang's meaning, but I also wanted to be close to you, and said that I would let you take care of the pen and ink in the study full-time. ”

As soon as Dong Yu heard this, the stuffiness in his chest was relieved a little, and he sat up straight and rubbed the corners of his eyes: "Wu Niang really said that?" ”

"Grandmother will still coax you to fail, she still praises you for being clever in front of your wife, but you are new to her side, which makes Xia Ke choose a cheap, Wu Niang has a loose temperament, and it seems that she also likes to go straight to the point, you have a plan in your heart, just don't argue with Xia Ke in front of others, but you don't have to show weakness to her." Mama Song saw that her granddaughter's grievances were slightly calmer, and her face became serious again: "If there is anything to tell me, let me plan for you, don't be impatient again." ”

Dongyu pursed the corners of her mouth, still a little unwilling, but under her grandmother's stern gaze, she nodded: "But I hate Chun Twilight and escaped this time, do you just let her continue to be in Luqing Garden?" ”

Mama Song's face sank a little more: "That's it, for the sake of the overall situation, I have to let her go for a while, but fortunately, she is also older after all, after two years, wait for Wu Niang and Xu, at that time, how can Chun Dusk promise others, I can't worry about you." ”

Twice calculated, twice failed, if it is aimed at Chundui again, the eldest princess will become more and more suspicious, if it is for such an insignificant slut to do a big thing, wouldn't it be worth the loss, so although Mama Song is worried about the stumbling block of Chundui, she has to let her cross the road first, or carefully calculate, how to get rid of Mama Yang's family first.

According to Mama Song, although the Duchess did not say it, she was still respectful to Mama Yang on the surface, but in her heart, she may not really be able to tolerate her pointing fingers beside her, but she is just afraid of the eldest princess...... On the one hand, it is more favored by the Duchess of the country, and on the other hand, it also clears the obstacles for the winter rain, which is called the best of both worlds.

While persuading her granddaughter, Mama Song also persuaded herself to endure for the time being, just waiting to weave a foolproof hunting net to lure the prey into a trap, but she never thought that when she was eyeing others, she had already been exposed to the hunter's cold arrows.

In the evening of this day, Mama Song returned to her private house, and when she heard that Lamei came forward to report that her daughter-in-law took her grandson to visit her mother in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, and said that she would live in Zhuangzi for two days, she was suddenly angry.

Lamei and Cuckoo, who were waiting on the side, lowered their eyes and held their breath, not daring to be careless, for fear of being slightly negligent and making a little noise that would lead to a beating.

Lamei saw Song Hui enter the second room, "squeak" to cover the door, couldn't help but think, and hurriedly sent the cuckoo to the kitchen to boil water, and tiptoed to the bottom of the window at the base of the wall - in the Song family as a maid, it is not a little worse than licking blood at the edge of the knife, and she has lived in fear for many years, so that Lamei has developed a pair of sensitive ears, and the Song family is not as good as the real high-ranking family, there are a group of servants, and there are only two maids in the yard, Lamei is not worried about being discovered by others This behavior of her.

Inside the house, Mama Song was shocked!

"What did you say?"

"I didn't expect that after more than ten years, I would still be recognized by the people in Lotus Town." Song Hui took a sip of cold water with a bowl and poured it hard, and only then did he slightly calm the dryness in his throat that was stimulated by the spirits: "Fortunately, I didn't come out with the others in the mansion today." ”

"Who the hell is that man?!" Mama Song was anxious, and her voice couldn't help but raise a few points.

"Where do I still recognize it, he came up and put his arm around my shoulder, called me Tian Aniu, scared me for a while, before he could say that he recognized the wrong person, he rolled up my sleeve, pointed to the old wound on my elbow, and talked about falling from the jujube tree when he was a child, and said that although he went to another county with his family when he was six years old, he never saw me again, but today he recognized me at a glance, and he didn't know me at all." At that time, I only came out of Rongqingzhai, for fear of attracting the attention of acquaintances, and I thought that although he knew me, he didn't know my current identity, so he simply let him pull me to reminisce. ”

When Mama Song heard this, she was so anxious that she almost jumped up from the kang: "You admit it?" ”

"I'm also afraid of leaving some trouble, and I want to see what kind of details he is." Song Hui poured another bowl of cold water and burped heavily: "Mother, don't worry, although he still remembers me, he doesn't have any big troubles." ”

"What is called innocent, this is a big deal!" Mama Song slapped the case a few times, and her eyebrows couldn't help but stand up.

Song Hui hurriedly explained: "I asked the man, it turned out that he was from the village next to the Tian family, and he was also a tenant, his old man borrowed money from others more than ten years ago, and lost all of it in the casino, for fear that the creditor would come to the door, and took his family to other counties to seek refuge with relatives, and he had left Kyoto for nearly 20 years, no wonder he didn't know what happened later...... He said that he was born with a strange talent and had the ability to be unexpected, so he still remembered me...... This person's surname is Geng, and later went to Chuzhou with his family, attached to a merchant as a slave, this time, it was the eldest lady of the merchant to marry, with the marriage, only two days to go back to Chuzhou, I asked his eldest lady, it turned out to be married to the young owner of the East City Welcome Building. ”

Mama Song was a little relieved: "Are you sure he is telling the truth?" ”

"Of course, I finished drinking with him, and I specially asked people to go to the welcome building to inquire, and sure enough, their young owner married a bride at the beginning of the month, who was the daughter of a merchant in Chuzhou, and this guy surnamed Geng is indeed the bride's house slave, and he has to go back to Chuzhou after getting married." Seeing that his adoptive mother was no longer as nervous as she was just now, Song Hui wiped the hot sweat from her neck with a slap: "I casually said that I changed the master's house, and I didn't rent a seed in Lotus Town for a long time, and he didn't ask after him." ”

"Even so, you have to be careful in the past two days, and you have to pay attention to whether the person surnamed Geng has really left Jinyang." Mama Song pondered for a long time, although she felt that this matter was very sudden - her adopted son had "died" for more than ten years, and it was indeed unbelievable that there was still someone in Kyoto who could recognize him at a glance, but she really couldn't think of anything strange.

Although she knew that someone was probing her behind her back, and found the Lotus Town Tian and his wife and Yinchai, Yinchai was not as good as the person who told the truth, and that person should not know the truth.

Perhaps, it was really a coincidence, Mama Song thought happily.

Naturally, she didn't know that at this time, in the palace of the King of Chu-

Gray Du was full of solemnity, walking like flying, taking advantage of the last touch of the gentle pale of the skylight, brought the reply of the slave surnamed Geng to Yu Feng's ears, and later, the always calm Gray Du couldn't help but tremble with excitement, but saw that the prince was still smiling elegantly, in front of the window, his eyes were deep, and he was not half surprised.

"Shizi, did you expect it?" Gray Du couldn't help but ask, but immediately lowered his eyes.

It was he who was sluggish, and if the prince hadn't deduced it earlier, he wouldn't have been able to think of such a way to tempt.

The family slave surnamed Geng, where is the old man of Song Hui, but when Ash Du asked the villagers about the details of Tian's family, he learned that Tian Aniu fell from the jujube tree when he was young and injured his arm, Chuzhou is the fief of the king of Chu, although the saint is trustworthy, and he is reluctant to let the king of Chu be sealed, but there are some forces in the local area, and the merchant is actually a person from the king of Chu.

"There is no doubt about what the secret was that led to Yinchai's death." Yu Feng looked at the gradually dimming sky, the light clouds were like broken flocculents, scattered with the wind, slowly changing their posture, gradually flowing away to the sky, a crescent moon, already at the top of the bamboo, revealing a shallow outline.

"But the subordinates still don't understand, why Mama Song wants to adopt the son of the Tian couple and kill Yinchai for this?" The facts he learned today were out of the scope of Gray Crossing's acceptance, and he couldn't figure it out in the end.

Yu Feng retracted his gaze and looked at Gray Du: "The Tian couple had no children, but they took in their adopted son for Mama Song until he was seven years old. ”

Ash Du was quite embarrassed, and couldn't help wiping the sweat on his forehead: "Yes, this can also explain why Mama Song used to take care of an ordinary tenant farmer." "But...... According to his inquiry, Mama Song has been with the eldest princess day and night, and it is impossible to give birth to an illegitimate child in a hidden way, so what is the identity of this Chief Manager Song? Is it worth Mama Song to take such a reckless and wasteful decision?

As if seeing through Gray Du's doubts, Yu Feng also lowered his eyes and thought about it, and only after a while did he write a book, Gray Du took a closer look, but saw that he wrote the names of Song Hui and Song Ming.

"Instead of thinking about who Song Hui is, it is better to speculate why the Song family is scheming and taking in this adopted son in a cover-up, her purpose is nothing more than to let Song Hui enter the Weiguo Mansion logically." Yu Feng seemed to mumble to himself, his eyes stayed on the two names, and suddenly smiled: "Du, don't you think that the names of this father and son have a deep meaning?" ”

Dressed in iron armor, the majestic guard looked at the two names in a daze, but he still couldn't understand what the meaning was.

Yu Feng took his hand again, still looking at the sky.

He felt that the clue in his mind seemed to be getting clearer and clearer.

In the evening of this day, Mama Song's mother and son had a brainless conversation - at least Lamei thought so, she didn't understand the meaning at all, but on the second day, she learned it to Sanshun word for word, so the next day, Sanshun went to the racecourse with a full stomach of questions, and told Yijing those words again.

The beautiful scenery is naturally shocked!

That day, when she heard Banniang say that Yinchai died in the hands of Mama Jiang, she suspected that the real culprit behind the scenes was Mama Song, but she couldn't figure out Mama Song's motive for killing, but with these words......

Tian Aniu is actually Song Hui, so Song Hui is the brother whom Yinchai has never met and died as early as seven years old!

With this connection, Yinchai's death directly pointed to Mama Song.

This also further confirms Yijing's conjecture that Mama Song is not just aimed at herself, her conspiracy is simply directed at the entire Guogong Mansion!

However, why did Mama Song do this, and who is Song Hui?

Mama Song wants to adopt a son, which is justified, why do you want Yinchai's parents to raise Song Hui until she is seven years old? and also forged Song Hui's identity and let him enter the national mansion as a slave.

Yijing felt that every time she took a step closer, the truth retreated a foot into the fog, and it was always a shadowy silhouette, making her unable to see clearly.

Sanshun looked at Yijing's expression on the side, and he couldn't tell if Lamei's information was useful for a while, so he couldn't help asking.

"Very good, let Lamei continue to keep an eye on the people of the Song family, but you can't be too risky, you have to be cautious and careful." Yi Jing affirmed the role of Lamei, and asked Sanshun: "What progress has there been on the side of the three princes?" ”

"The villain has already heard that His Royal Highness has a long-term follower, which is very useful, and he is also thinking about 'getting acquainted' with him for a while." Sanshun said: "There is also the matter of Du Yuniang of Qianrao Pavilion, the little one has already inquired and understood." ”

The efficiency is really high, and Yijing can't help but be a little excited, and hurriedly let Sanshun talk about it in detail.

This Du Yuniang was originally the maid of the current princess and sister Zhen Siniang.

Zhen is a typical family of the previous dynasty, there were two first assistants in the Eastern Ming Dynasty, the children of the clan are very many, the emperor has no way, most of the Zhen clan resigned, until the founding of Dalong, Gaozu called the emperor, and then there was Zhen Junjie into the office, and the mother of the princess was born noble, it is said that when she was young, her temperament was quite flamboyant, and Yi Jing vaguely remembered that in her previous life, Mrs. Zhen had a very high shelf, and she looked at people along the bridge of her nose.

Zhen's fourth mother, in her previous life, was Yijing's eldest sister-in-law.

"Du Yuniang was Zhen Siniang's personal maid, and it is said that she also served by her side when she was a child, three years ago, because she broke a plum bottle by mistake, it is said that Zhen Siniang couldn't put it down, and she was sold to Renyazi, so she fell into the dust." Sanshun's explanation is very concise.

In her previous life, she was quite close to Zhen's Siniang, and she felt that she was the daughter of the family, and her talent went without saying, and she inherited the heartiness of Xungui's daughter in her bones. Although it was precisely because of marrying her that the eldest brother gradually got closer to the prince, and finally in the ninth year of Yuanqing, he was involved in the assassination of the prince and died unexpectedly, but Yijing never complained about Zhen Siniang.

Because Zhen Siniang and her eldest brother are indeed in love, the piano is singing, the eldest brother died, she is also in pain, she does not eat water and rice for several days, and almost returns to the west with her life, thanks to the persuasion of her family, Zhen Siniang did not die for her husband.

But Du Yuniang's business......

A maid who was waiting for a small waiter was sold into a brothel because she broke a thing, Zhen Siniang was too ruthless.

Yijing suddenly thought that not long after the Zhen family passed through the door in his previous life, the two big maids waiting beside the eldest brother made a mistake inexplicably and were sent to Zhuangzi far away.

It seems that people also have discussions, saying that Mrs. Shizi is not easy to get along.

Could it be that Zhen Siniang is not the same as she looks?

"The villain also inquired that Du Yuniang was originally the son of the Zhen family, and Lao Ziniang and her two younger siblings are still slaves of the Zhen family." Sanshun said again.

At this time, even Xia Ke was a little surprised: "If you change to another family, the children of the family generally make mistakes, as long as they are not unforgivable, most of them are just demoted or have no messengers, punish Zhuangzi, and match a small servant, why is the Zhen family so desperate, isn't it just a mistake to hit a bottle, and it actually separates flesh and bones?" ”

Sanshun glanced at his sister, lowered his eyes and said: "The villain also thought that there might be a hidden secret in the middle, but unfortunately he couldn't find out, and he knew that since Du Yuniang was sold to a brothel, her old son was also affected, and was punished to go to Zhuangzi to farm, a younger brother raised horses in the house, and her sister stayed with Zhen Siniang, but she was just a rough maid." ”

It turned out that the family had no day to turn over.

Yijing shook his head, didn't want to do anything for the time being, and only said to Sanshun: "I won't hide it from you, this Du Yuniang is now included in the gang, and in order to help Lamei not be harshly criticized, although I have a plan, I am suffering from a lack of actors." Then he explained the calculation in his heart to the Sanshun brothers and sisters: "I want to persuade Du Yuniang so that I can borrow the power in her hands to make things happen." ”

Sanshun listened to Yijing's words, and was immediately excited: "Wu Niang, don't worry, I can find this person." ”

"No, in the end, we want to harm people and suffer some prisons, and in order not to make Mama Song suspicious, we can't come forward, these gangs have their own means, and it is safer than us to act ourselves."

"That, Wu Niang means ......"

"You go to see Du Yuniang first, and say that I want to make a deal with her, at least so that her family will not suffer in the Zhen family." Yi Jing made up her mind: "You tell her that I am Xiao Langjun of the Weiguo Mansion, and I once had a relationship with her." ”

Dong Sanshun was immediately ordered, it was about Lamei, and he went to Qianrao Pavilion that day, but this time, it was not smooth, on the evening of the same day, Xia Ke got a reply and told Wu Niang: "Brother slave and maid met with Du Yu Niang, but she said that she wanted to meet Wu Niang in person, and the time was set for three days later. ”

This requirement is very harsh for Yijing, it has been a change, and it is almost a curfew, although Yihong Street, where Qianrao Pavilion is located, is not within the scope of the curfew, but once Yijing goes, he can't return that night, and without considering the problem of not returning this night, just say that a boudoir woman, how can she appear in the brothel after nightfall?

But Yijing was unwilling to give up such an opportunity to enlist the assistance of the Five Righteous Alliance.

She was deeply depressed in a dilemma.