Mu Yunge's eyes flashed slightly: "Where is she?" ”

Steward Xu said, "Just wait at the door." ”

After hearing this, Mu Yunge had deeper doubts in his heart. She looked at Pei Xin, who hurriedly trotted over, lowered her voice and said, "Miss, it's true. I heard that Xu Xuan was Chinese New Year's Eve that night, she had just had a miscarriage at that time, and when she was deceived by Qin Changyi, she was so angry that she was bleeding profusely and died...... After she died, Chen's mother asked someone to bury her in the suburbs outside the city, and she went back to Jinling to help people everywhere. It is estimated that he was desperate, so he came to seek refuge in the Mu family. ”

"Impossible." Mu Yunge shook his head: "Although Mother Chen is a subordinate, she actually knows how to measure herself. Xu Xuan did such things, she knew that if she hadn't had a plan, she would definitely not come back to Mu's house! ”

Steward Xu asked tentatively, "Then the old slave found a reason to send her away?" ”

"That's not necessary." Mu Yunge waved his hand and looked out of the house. She remembered the way Mother Chen looked at her on Chinese New Year's Eve, and remembered Mother Chen's heartfelt feelings for Xu Xuan.

Suddenly, something passed through her mind, and she felt something.

Could it be ...... Behind Xu Xuan's death, what else did she not know?

As soon as he caught this point, Mu Yunge's heart beat violently. Linked to Chen's mother's actions, everything suddenly became clear: Xu Xuan must still have a knot in her heart, this knot is in the Mu family, and it has to be completed by Chen's mother's hand!

Mu Yunge sneered: "You go and leave her behind, just stay in the backyard to do chores." ”

Steward Xu scratched his head strangely, and stopped talking, seeing Mu Yunge's determined expression, he had to withdraw to reply to Chen's mother. After a while, Chen's mother followed Steward Xu into Mu's house, passing by the main hall, she saluted Mu Yunge in a dignified manner, and only raised her head The moment she raised her head, a strange look flashed in her eyes, and then she respectfully followed Steward Xu to settle down.

Mu Yunge took in her expression, and after she left, asked Pei Lian to find someone to keep an eye on her.

Soon, Xiao also heard about Mu Yunge's taking in Chen's mother, and specially called her to the main courtyard to inquire about what happened.

When he heard that Xu Xuan was dead, Xiao couldn't help but sigh. She didn't like Xu Xuan in the first place, and she didn't even like Chen's mother, so after asking, she arranged it with Mu Yunge.

Coming out of the main courtyard, Mu Yunge thought about it, and went to Tang Linyi's courtyard.

Since he lied to Mu Yunge on Chinese New Year's Eve, Mu Yunge has not gone to look for him. Tang Linyi also seemed to know Mu Yunge's thoughts, she didn't come, he also abided by the etiquette of his husband, never took the initiative to ask about Mu Yunge, and only taught Mu Jinran martial arts wholeheartedly, as if the estrangement between the two never existed.

The courtyard was closed, and Mu Yunge stepped forward and knocked on the door, but there was no answer inside.

She looked left and right and shouted in a low voice, "Master, are you inside?" ”

After asking like this a few times, no one answered, Mu Yunge thought about it, stretched out his hand and pushed the door. The door didn't close, and with a little force, she pushed it open.

The smell of medicine in the room has faded a lot, and the bloody smell is almost gone. Mu Yunge breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seemed that Master's injury was almost healed.

She looked around the house, Tang Linyi's life was very monotonous, reading, practicing martial arts, and naturally there was nothing else in the house. However, she takes care of a lot on weekdays, and she is monotonous but there is no shortage of things, especially books, which occupy a third of the entire room, and even there are many books scattered on the desk.

Mu Yunge's footsteps unconsciously walked to the desk and flipped through the scrolls on the table casually.

She looked down and saw that what was spread out was a copy of "National Policy", Tang Linyi read it carefully, and annotated it in many places. She couldn't quite see the small cinnabar characters clearly, so she had to bend down and pick them up.

As soon as the "National Policy" was moved, the contents of the scroll were revealed.

It was an envelope, thin and I don't know what was written. Mu Yunge felt strange in his heart, and frowned slightly: What is so important that the master wants to cover it so that no one can see it?

Actions precede thoughts, the head is still thinking, the hand has already put down the "national policy" and picked up the envelope. When I opened the envelope, there was only a short piece of rice paper inside, on which were written a few words: "Things have changed, come back quickly." Underneath the letter, a lifelike black moon flower is printed.

This picture seems to have been seen somewhere, so familiar!

Mu Yunge pondered for a while before he remembered. Previously, when Aunt Luo and the Zhou family were calculating the Mu family, she begged Tang Linyi to take Mu Jinran away for a period of time, and at that time, Tang Linyi gave her such a seal!

She put the letter back in the envelope, kept everything as before, and then left Tang Linyi's room.

As soon as he returned to the room, Mu Yunge immediately took out the seal and printed a pattern on the paper to confirm the conjecture in his heart. Her mind went blank, and it took a long time before she slowly put away the seal. At this time, Tang Linyi's secret was infinitely magnified in her heart, and an inexplicable panic grabbed her heart and lungs, almost suffocating.

After thinking about it, she folded the paper in her hand in half and burned it clean with the candle flame.

She still has a lot of things to do, Master's business...... She sighed and put it aside!

This afternoon, Mu Yunge became more and more busy. checked the accounts of the inner courtyard sent by Steward Xu, and asked the girl to send some supplements to Qiao Fengqi's mother and son, during which people came to inquire about family affairs from time to time, but fortunately, Yushan was there, so she could barely cope with it.

After a busy day, night finally came.

According to the rules of the Mu family, during the New Year's holidays, all houses and courtyards must gather together to share the feast. The Lantern Festival is called the New Year, and it is also the only day when the aunts do not have to serve and dine on an equal footing with the master of the house.

Mu Zhizhao came back late, and when he arrived, Xiao led Aunt Qiao, Aunt Shen, and the two girls Yaxin Yalan to wait in the dining room. Xiao Shi changed into a delicate pink today, which is already beautiful, which is even more eye-catching; Aunt Qiao smiled at the corner of her mouth, wearing a green lotus lotus skirt that was generous and gentle; Aunt Shen was wearing Mu Zhizhao's favorite purple banquet dress, which was quite pretty; The two girls are also dressed in festive clothes, each with its own beauty, each with its own beauty.

As soon as Mu Zhizhao sat down, he asked Steward Xu to give out a thick red envelope in each room.

Mu Yunge got a coral hanging chain, which fell into a beautiful neck, and the handiwork was exquisite, and it was immediately hung around his neck; Mu Jinran got a small jade fan. The two sisters and brothers were very surprised, one left and one right hugged him and patted him straight on the back.

Mu Zhizhao was in a good mood, kissed his son, and pinched his daughter's little face before ordering the meal.

Mu Zhizhao, the master of the family, sat on the top, Xiao sat first on his left, Mu Yunge sat second, and Mu Jinran sat next to Mu Yunge. In order to show respect for the housewife, the concubines are not allowed to sit in front of the Xiao family. In this way, the opposite side of Mu Yunge happened to be Aunt Shen, and in turn, it was Aunt Qiao, Yaxin, and Yalan.

As soon as Mu Yunge sat down, his eyes inadvertently swept over Yaxin, only to see that her expression was quite dazed, staring at the red envelope in front of her and not knowing what she was thinking, and she didn't even hear Mu Zhi's call to start eating.

Yalan pushed her: "What are you doing, you've been sick for a long time, and you can't even hold chopsticks?" ”

They have always been incompatible, sitting next to Yaxin, Yalan is very unhappy.

Yalan snorted, and then picked up the chopsticks in front of him. Suddenly, Mu Yunge saw that her face was slightly sideways, and her hand holding the chopsticks trembled a little.

Mu Yunge's lips split and arc, looking at the new tableware on the table today, he almost laughed.

Today is her hosting the Lantern Festival feast, she remembered that there was a set of sterling silver tableware in the warehouse, so she asked Peiying to take it out, handed it to the housekeeper's mother in the dining room, and instructed her to use this set of utensils to eat at the Lantern Festival banquet tonight.

Xiao Shi was also stunned when he held the dishes and chopsticks, and then smiled dotingly at Mu Yunge: "You ghost girl, why did you turn this tableware out?" ”

Mu Zhizhao smiled: "This tableware was sent by a friend when I went to Kyoto a few years ago!" Yunge, how do you know where I left it? ”

"Father, mother, daughter recently looked at the accounts, and also looked at the warehouse catalog." Mu Yunge stood up and blessed his body, and blinked mischievously: "It's a pity that my daughter saw that this tableware had been idle for a long time, and I thought that today was the Lantern Festival, so it was better to take it out and use it, so as to live up to the value of the tableware itself." That's what I said......"

Mu Jinran tilted her head to look at her, then at her father, and said in a childish voice: "I like to eat with this, shiny ......"

Suddenly, he pointed to his bowl, loosened the silver soup spoon in his hand to Mu Zhizhao and the others, and said in surprise: "This bowl and spoon are so magical, they will change color!" ”

Mu Zhizhao and Xiao Shi were amused by his mischievous tone, smiled knowingly, and looked at his bowl cooperatively.

Mu Jinran is growing up, and learning martial arts with Tang Linyi is very hard, every time he arrives at the meal, the first person who can't wait must be him. As soon as Mu Zhizhao said that he started, the girl helped him serve the soup first. At this time, there was some blackening in the silver bowl in front of him. He scooped a spoonful of soup with a spoon, and the spoon was also black!

At this sight, Xiao Shi exclaimed, so frightened that he almost fainted: "Jinran, have you drunk this soup?" ”

Mu Yunge was closest to him, and he hurriedly snatched his soup spoon and bowl with one hand.

Mu Zhizhao pushed away the chair and strode towards Mu Jinran, hugged his son from the seat, and checked left and right. Mu Yunge called the pulse, and Mu Jinran's pulse was stable, so he was relieved.

Mu Jinran saw that everyone was nervous, and she knew that it was not good, so she shook her head: "Mother, I didn't drink it." ”

Xiao Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and Mu Yunge's violently beating heart was also calm. The unspeakable regret in her heart, although she took precautions and precautions, she forgot that Mu Jinran was small and almost caused a big disaster!

She stood up and tried her soup spoon one by one on the table of dishes, only when she tried the black chicken codonopsis soup that was exactly the same as the one in Mu Jinran's bowl, the soup spoon turned black. She put down the soup spoon and blessed Mu Zhizhao: "Dad, it's all my daughter's fault, the first time I let my daughter take charge of the house, this kind of thing happened, please punish Dad!" However, the Lantern Festival family banquet is all from our family, and someone dares to poison the soup, maybe it will kill us! Especially when the mother is still pregnant with her younger brother in her belly, this person's poison can be imagined! ”

Mu Zhizhao let go of him, swept over everyone in the seat with a blue face, and said in a cold voice, "All sit." Check, check it carefully! If you don't find out why, no one is allowed to leave! ”