The second lady Yao Shuyun and her daughter-in-law Luo Xinrou sat in the room together, the child next to her was walking on the ground like a chicken that had just broken its shell, the nurse and the maid were taking care of it, and the little young master Heng'er looked very cute.

Yao Shuyun, the second lady of this grandson, is very fond of her, for fear that the nurse and the maid will not take good care of her, and there will be something missing, recently I heard the maid in the house talk vaguely, and they all said that the eldest lady Yu Qingwan locked Qin Liusu in the courtyard and the maid named Xiaoqing in it.

The good thing to say is to think about it behind closed doors, and to say that it is hard to hear is also a prisoner. For a while, there was speculation in the house about what happened to make Mrs. Yu Qingwan so angry.

Everyone was happy about this matter, and some were proud, but the subordinates who were also maids were deeply sympathetic to Qin Liusu and Xiaoqing, after all, how could a big family like Zhang Fu be tolerant of his subordinates, it would only be unspeakably harsh.

Hearing this, the happiest were the second lady Yao Shuyun and the third lady Ye Lingxi, the original spices were really not given in vain, it seems that the cheap maid Xiaoqing is pregnant, this is good, killing two birds with one stone.

The second lady and the third lady chatted every time, and gritted their teeth with hatred when they thought that the third young grandmother Wang Bilian could give birth to the granddaughter of Zhangfu safely, fortunately, the third young grandmother gave birth to a girl, if it was a boy, this Mrs. Yu Qingwan didn't know how happy she would be.

The third young master Zhang Sizong has recently fulfilled his promise except for going to court with the master, and he has also fulfilled his promise every day, accompanying the third young grandmother Wang Bilian every day, occasionally accompanying the poetry to fight against them, and occasionally teasing their daughter Xiao Yanshan together.

Even if he rarely went to his mother's residence in Qingwan's house, he wanted to speak and stopped, and the third young master Zhang Sizong wanted to open his mouth every time to let his mother let Qin Liusu go, but every time the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them alive.

The days passed slowly like this, Qin Liusu in the courtyard looked at the weather outside the window, the northwest wind was blowing, the weather had begun to turn cold, and he felt cold when he slept at night these days. Every time, I would wake up in the middle of the night.

Xiaoqing still hugged the pillow all day long, sometimes staying in the room for a day, and sometimes running to the gate of the other courtyard and pulling the door vigorously, Qin Liusu knew that she wanted to go out. But the outside has been locked up.

Accompanying Qin Liusu and Xiaoqing to be locked in the courtyard was the cook Zhang's mother, Zhang's mother was in her fifties, and now she was confined to this courtyard with them, and her weather-beaten face was also full of helplessness.

At this moment, Xiaoqing laughed wildly in the room as usual, and then talked nonsense, and then began to cry, after crying for a while, Xiaoqing ran to the yard and stared at the sky blankly, looked at the closed courtyard door for a long time, and his eyes were full of grievances.

Seeing that it will snow in a short time now, and there is not much rice and white flour left in the courtyard these days, Zhang's mother hurried to Qin Liusu's bedroom after cooking at noon.

"Miss Liusu, the rice and noodles in our courtyard are almost gone, you see that the weather is getting colder and colder, it will snow soon, and Madame will not allow us to take a step out of this courtyard, and now if it goes on like this, we are afraid that we will starve to death in this courtyard." After Zhang's mother finished speaking, she hid her face sadly and cried.

Zhang's mother is indeed a wronged cook, Mrs. Yu Qingwan was angry and punished Qin Liusu and Xiaoqing for thinking behind closed doors in the courtyard for three months, and she, as the cook in the courtyard, now has to live a desolate life in this courtyard.

"Mom Zhang, it was me and Xiaoqing who caused you, what you said is right, if you don't hurry up and think of a way, I'm afraid that the three of us will starve to death in this courtyard one day, and no one will know." Qin Liusu thought of the third young master Zhang Sizong as he spoke.

The current situation in the courtyard is indeed very worrying to Qin Liusu, and now her mood is like the weather outside, getting colder and colder, but now it is better to appease Zhang's mother first, Qin Liusu has to make a look of not being confident when she thinks of this.

"In the next few days, I will make some porridge with pickles to deal with, I will find a way to go out, and then go to the third young master, the third young master will definitely not die without help." I will never let the three of us starve to death in this courtyard. Qin Liusu looked at Zhang's mother after speaking.

She is just a weak woman, just the concubine of the third young master of this Zhang Mansion, what status does she have in the concubine room, even if the third young master Zhang Sizong likes her, but now the mistress of the Zhang Mansion, Yu Qingwan, is angry and has not locked her up in this courtyard. But it's better to be locked up in the firewood room.

Qin Liusu thought of this and continued: "Mother Zhang, do you believe me? Forget it, you may not believe it, I really didn't kill the child in Xiaoqing's belly. It's really not me. ”

Qin Liusu's emotions were a little excited, she had always hoped that someone would listen to her say this, and she also hoped that someone would believe her. But when she said it to the third young master, the third young master Zhang Sizong didn't think it was important at all. This made Qin Liusu very disappointed.

"Miss Liusu, I believe in you. Although I haven't been here to serve in this courtyard for a long time, I see how you treat Xiaoqing, don't worry, justice is in the hearts of the people. Zhang's mother said.

I hope that justice is at ease in the hearts of the people as Zhang Ma said, maybe some things are like this, people who trust you, you don't have to explain, you will still choose to believe you, people who don't trust you, even if you want to explain, it's useless.

However, Zhang's mother can say this, Qin Liusu feels a little comforted in his heart. I don't worry about Xiaoqing's affairs in my heart, maybe there are some things I should learn to let go.

At dinner, Zhang's mother made rice porridge and pickles. Xiaoqing also came to the kitchen to eat, and when she saw the food, Xiaoqing pouted, still holding a pillow in her arms, and talked from time to time; "Good baby, sleep."

After Qin Liusu finished dinner, he said to Zhang's mother: "I saw a ladder in the corner of the courtyard, or the two of us will lift the ladder in a while, and then I will go over the wall tonight, and then go to the third young master." ”

"Okay, I'll take care of Xiaoqing and eat first, and then send her back to the room, and we'll act in a while." After Mama Zhang finished speaking to Qin Liusu, she began to coax Xiaoqing to eat.

"I don't want to eat, I want to eat meat." Xiaoqing ran in the kitchen with a pillow. It took a lot of effort for Zhang's mother and Qin Liusu to press Xiaoqing down and coax Xiaoqing to finish dinner. Zhang's mother sent Xiaoqing back to the room to rest.

In the corner of the courtyard is a ladder placed flat next to the paulownia tree, which is covered with dust, and some flower pots and vegetables are usually placed on it to dehydrate and dry.

Qin Liusu never thought that this dusty ladder would come in handy one day, if it weren't for this ladder, how could she have climbed over the high courtyard wall of this courtyard.

Zhang's mother placed Xiaoqing to sleep in the room, and hurried out to help Qin Liusu carry the ladder together. "It's a heavy ladder." Qin Liusu said to Zhang's mother while carrying it.

"Yes, it seems that the wood is good, and it can still be like this after a long time of wind and sun, which is already very good." After Zhang's mother finished speaking, she and Qin Liusu laid the ladder flat, and then brought a basin and brush to carefully dust the ladder.

After cleaning up, the two of them struggled to lift the ladder up and lean against the wall. "Liusu girl, you go up and try it first, be careful." Mother Zhang said to Qin Liusu.

"Okay, no problem." Qin Liusu carefully stepped on the ladder and walked up. I tried it, and it still feels very stable. said to Zhang's mother below.

The two of them found a rope together, tied one end of the rope to the thick paulownia tree, and the other end decided to tie it to Qin Liusu's body for a while. This allows you to climb the wall with a ladder and then slide off the wall with a rope to the outside.

In the dead of night, Zhang's mother held on to the long ladder, Qin Liusu stepped on the ladder and climbed up carefully, she tied the rope around her waist, and then slowly slid down to the wall.

As soon as his feet landed, Qin Liusu hurriedly untied the rope, and then quickly walked towards the third young master's residence, thinking that the third young master Zhang Sizong and the third young grandmother Wang Bilian might have fallen asleep at the moment, Qin Liusu still had no choice but to try his luck.

Qin Liusu looked around all the way, for fear that he would be accidentally seen by others, but in such a cold weather, and in such a late night, not to mention people along the way, there was not even a ghost shadow. As soon as he thought of ghosts, Qin Liuliu became afraid.

For a while, he only felt that his scalp was numb, and the wind was blowing, and it was on such a night when he couldn't see his five fingers, Qin Liusu felt that the hairs on his body stood up at this moment.

Thinking of a big family like Zhangfu, maybe there is really a lonely soul who died unjustly, groping and walking, just thinking about it, I saw the residence of the third young master Zhang Sizong and the third young grandmother Wang Bilian not far in front.

At this time, the light in the third young master's residence had not been extinguished, and standing under the tree not far away, Qin Liusu remembered the moonlit summer night, and also remembered the masked woman for a while.

Qin Liusu stood under the tree and hesitated, thinking about who the masked woman was at that time, and what was buried under the osmanthus tree in front of him?

"Dongmei, you go and call Yanshan's nurse over, and let the nurse take Yanshan to live with you in the side room in the future." Listening to the voice of the third young grandmother Wang Bilian, Qin Liusu's thoughts were instantly pulled back.

Since the third young grandmother Wang Bilian gave birth to a child, she has been letting the child sleep with her and the third young master, firstly, because she feels sorry for the child, and secondly, she can also use Xiao Yanshan to enhance the relationship between her and the third young master.

But the hard work of being a mother for the first time made her feel powerless during this time, the young master was just fresh, and now she always complains that she can't sleep well.

Wang Bilian thought of such a good idea, if the nurse lives here, Yanshan can be taken care of by the nurse and Dongmei, and she and the young master can also renew their warmth.

Then I heard the third young grandmother's wedding maid Dongmei say: "Third young grandmother, you are really thoughtful, it must be that Xiao Yanshan wakes up in the middle of the night and always cries, disturbing the dream of you and the third young master." That's what you had the idea. Dongmei opened the door as she spoke.

"You're smart. Hurry up and go. Wang Bilian said with a smile that Dongmei could always guess her thoughts easily.

Hearing their conversation, Qin Liusu knew that the third young grandmother Wang Bilian had given birth to a girl, thinking that at this moment, the third young master must be very happy in addition to being accompanied by the third young grandmother Wang Bilian, as well as their daughter.

I came here now to beg the third young master, not to mention that the third young master is unwilling to help, even if she is willing to help, the third young grandmother must not want to see her at this moment. When the time comes, the matter will be big, and the lady will be angry, won't it affect Zhang's mother and Xiaoqing.

Qin Liusu was thinking about it, but the maid Dongmei of the third young grandmother had already opened the door with a lantern, and Qin Liusu, who wanted to hide, looked around, and there was really nowhere to hide.

Dongmei was holding the lantern, and suddenly saw a woman standing under the tree, and she was also frightened. After calming down, he shouted, "Who's there?" Hearing Dongmei's shout, Qin Liusu hurriedly ran in a hurry.

Dongmei also ran after her, Qin Liusu didn't know where she was going to run, she just ran indiscriminately without purpose, but she didn't expect her to run to the backyard of the kitchen.

Although it was in the dark night, this was a place that Qin Liusu was familiar with, and for a while, it made her feel indescribably warm. Dongmei, the maid of the third young grandmother Wang Bilian, also chased after her with a lantern.

Qin Liusu hurriedly ran behind a boulder and hid. The lantern shone over, and Qin Liusu realized that there was a well under the boulder he was hiding, and it was the well that Xiaoyu jumped at that time.

The weather in early winter was already cold, and it was pitch black today, if it weren't for the fact that since Xiaoyu's accident, the housekeeper had instructed the housekeeper to move a stone on the rockery and seal it, Qin Liusu would have to fall today.

The maid Dongmei chased after her, and found that the person was gone. Said to himself: "Obviously I was here just now, but in a blink of an eye, it was gone." When the lantern shone on the sealed well, Dongmei suddenly became frightened, and quickly carried the lantern and turned around and ran.

Qin Liusu stroked the big stone covered by the wellhead, and in a trance thought about what Xiaoyu said to her before jumping into the well: "Liusu, promise me that no matter what happens in the future, you will live, and you will live." ”

A cold wind blew, Qin Liusu felt even colder, she wiped the tears from her face, and slowly walked towards the kitchen, there used to be good memories of her and Xiaoyu here, but now they are all different.