The housekeeper, "Well, the head of the family should go and ask the Great Elder about this matter." ”

Half an hour later, Mu Xiaochu came to the courtyard of the Great Elder.

The two of them were drinking tea.

Mu Xiaochu put down the teacup, "Great Elder, I really can't drink it." ”

God knows she's been drinking tea since she came over, and she's almost full from drinking.

Finally, the Great Elder said, "The head of the family is asking why we still need to use rouge if the quality is not good?" ”

Mu Xiaochu nodded, listening to the Great Elder's next words with a serious expression.

"Speaking of which, it will also be our Murong Mansion's fault." The Great Elder put down the teacup and thought for a moment, "This matter has to start from two years ago. ”

"At that time, Murong Mansion was much more prosperous than now, and even became the most famous family in the capital for a time, at that time, the current saint had not sat on the throne for a few days, but his heart was big, and he wanted to annex those families in the capital, and as the first family at that time, Murong Mansion was naturally the first to bear the brunt of the danger."

And then an hour later, Mu Xiaochu knew the reason, it turned out that the emperor at that time originally wanted them to voluntarily enter the court as officials, but they were not willing, and the emperor in anger ordered someone to secretly exterminate the Murong family.

Fortunately, the four elders had to go out to deal with some things, and they were accompanied by a small number of the sons and daughters of the Murong family, while those who stayed in the Murong Mansion and did not go were all killed overnight.

In addition to some sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, there are many of them who have been stewards in Murong Mansion for a long time and have children, but they are all gone after that night.

When the four elders came back, they saw the Murong Mansion full of corpses, they were shocked, they were angry, but to no avail, after that time, a lot of Murong Mansion's property was also stolen.

They were greatly damaged, and after that, they also became much more low-key, and the rest of the families in the capital were also much more low-key than before after seeing the Murong Mansion.

When the Emperor knew that he could not recover these families, he could no longer 'deal with' them in a low-key manner.

Because the incident in Murong Mansion has caused turmoil in the capital for a long time, and the people are in danger, they are afraid that when such a thing will happen to them.

So in the next few years, the family and the emperor were in a state of apparent peace, and the emperor probably knew that these families did not have the heart to fight for power, so he gradually ignored them and began to indulge in immortality.

For the emperor, after that incident, he knew that their families would not make a rebellion, but for the Murong family at that time, it was irreparable pain.

"I'm sorry I accidentally said too much." The Great Elder wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and continued: "In fact, the person in charge of the production of rouge is the daughter-in-law of a housekeeper who died in vain at that time, because of the guilt for her, and because of the guilt for her, and rouge is just like her name, she can make rouge, so she has always been responsible for Murong Mansion to make rouge, I don't know if I say that, can the head of the family understand?" ”

“.…..” Mu Xiaochu, "That is to say, the Murong family's non-profitable rouge shops, ready-to-wear stores, fabric stores, etc., are all responsible for those people's relatives?" ”

The Great Elder nodded.

Mu Xiaochu fell into deep thought, if this was the case, then things would be difficult.

The Great Elder knew Mu Xiaochu's thoughts, although he was also helpless about it, but those people couldn't say anything, after all, they were all well-intentioned, they just wanted to help Murong Mansion, and the most important thing was that they probably didn't expect things to turn out like this.

Not only did he not help, but he also caused Murong Mansion to lose a lot every year.

Of course, the background of Murong Mansion is still very large, and naturally it is not bad for those money, so they haven't said anything for so many years, just turning a blind eye.

Suddenly, the Great Elder said with a little weakness: "Actually, those shops have made more money than before over the years. ”

Mu Xiaochu nodded, but he already had a plan in his heart.

Those people were not greedy for money, nor did they have hatred for Murong Mansion, they simply wanted to use their abilities to help the Murong family.

It's like the rouge girl who is responsible for making rouge.

He learned rouge since he was a child, and after his husband died, he still stayed in Murong Mansion, but finally proposed to leave Murong Ben's house and go to a shop outside to be a housekeeper.

You must know that the steward in this Murong Mansion is much more decent than the steward in a shop outside.

After the visit, Mu Xiaochu returned to his yard and sat alone on the swing.

Thinking about a way.

I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I still haven't thought of a perfect solution.

So she decided to go and meet the rouge girl first, and then decide what to do.

After Qi Ziyan found out, he accompanied her the next day.

As soon as he approached the place where the Great Elder had spoken, he smelled a strong fragrance.

"It smells so good." Mu Xiaochu followed the fragrance to a place similar to a workshop.

There were a lot of people there, and it was clear that this was the place to make rouge.

A woman in a blue shirt and a dark blue skirt was directing them, but her men were not idle, laying the freshly plucked petals on the wooden plank.

"Aunt Rou, someone is coming." Suddenly, one of them said.

When the woman called Aunt Yan turned around when she heard this, she saw Mu Xiaochu and Qi Ziyan, and she stepped forward and said, "This is the head of the family and the regent." ”

Before coming, the Great Elder had already told Aunt Rou that they would come.

Mu Xiaochu nodded, "Yes." ”

After speaking, she kept looking at each other, the standard goose egg face, and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes added a touch of kindness to her, and it was not difficult to see that she was a big beauty when she was young.

While Mu Xiaochu was looking at the other party, the other party was also looking at the two of them.

"Aunt Rou, this is the head of the family and the famous young regent in the capital?" The woman who spoke before approached the aunt and asked.

Aunt Rou nodded, "Yes, you guys do it first, I'll take the head of the family and them to go around." ”

"Then go quickly, but don't neglect the head of the house and the regent."

"What regent, that's our lady of the house." Another woman said.

"Poof—what are you talking about?"

The man said solemnly, "Isn't it, the regent is going to marry our head of the family in the future, and the head of the house is the head of the house, and the other half of the head of the house is not the wife of the head of the house." ”

Mu Xiaochu, who heard the words, couldn't help laughing and quipped: "Mrs. of the head of the house? Ziyan, they said you were the wife of the head of the house. ”

Qi Ziyan didn't say anything about this, because he didn't feel malicious intent in them, and he knew that they were really good to Mu Xiaochu, the new head of the family, but for Mu Xiaochu's words, he nodded her rather clever nose helplessly, "You-"

"Don't talk nonsense, are you all done, don't you do it quickly." Aunt Rouge pretended to be angry and said.

Then the people all smiled and went back to work with a friendly face.

"Don't listen to their nonsense, how can the regent be the wife of the head of the house, how can he also be the husband and wife of the head of the house."

"......" Mu Xiaochu's beautiful eyes widened, the corners of his mouth opened slightly, and he looked at her in surprise, and said, "Husband? ”

Aunt Rouge replied seriously, "Yes, the regent is a man, isn't he a husband, and the lady describes women, how about it, I'm smart." ”

After speaking, he looked at Mu Xiaochu proudly, looking like he was begging for praise.

Unexpectedly, after Aunt Yan finished speaking, Qi Ziyan emitted a cold air around her, and Aunt Yan knew that the other party was angry at a glance, and she didn't dare to speak anymore, but took them to visit here.

During this period, Mu Xiaochu couldn't help laughing.

Qi Ziyan was even more helpless.

Actually, there is nothing to visit, but there are a lot of wooden planks laid with freshly picked flowers, and there are some tools, which are probably used to make rouge.

After reading it, it was almost dark, and Aunt Rou proposed to let them stay here for one night before going back.

Mu Xiaochu also wanted to see this place again, so he agreed.

Although the room is very simple, it is very tidy and warm.

When going to the room where they lived, Mu Xiaochu was attracted by a very special house, and she asked, "Where is it?" ”

After Mu Xiaochu finished speaking, she felt the smile on Aunt Rou's face freeze for a moment, and then the corners of her mouth barely pulled out a smile, and said, "Here, this is where I stay with his brothers." ”

However, after speaking, Aunt Rou's eyes were slightly red, and she wiped the corners of her eyes casually, and she said, "Don't talk about this, I'll take the head of the family to rest first." ”

Mu Xiaochu nodded.

She also knew what that house was for, and she couldn't help but blame herself for arousing the other party's sadness.

For a while, there was no such cheerful range as before.

When she came to the room, Mu Xiaochu recalled what she had experienced in just one day.

If no one had told her that this was just a rouge-making workshop, she would have thought that this was a Zhuangzi full of joy and happiness.

At night, Mu Xiaochu had insomnia.

She couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so she got up and came to the yard, and coincidentally, as soon as her door opened, Qi Ziyan's door next to her also opened.

Qi Ziyan asked first, "Can't sleep?" ”

Mu Xiaochu nodded, "Well, I'm a little irritable." ”

The night in September was a little cold, Qi Ziyan put the cloak in his hand on Mu Xiaochu, "It's cool at night, let's think about something tomorrow." ”

Mu Xiaochu raised his head and asked, "Ziyan, do you think I, the head of the family, am I very incompetent?" ”

"How can you say that?" Qi Ziyan took the person back to the house as he spoke.

"I just feel that I am very useless, and I should enjoy everything given by Murong Mansion, but I don't pay anything."

"You are not allowed to say that, it is because you don't see your own efforts." Qi Ziyan said in a serious tone, "Haven't you noticed that Murong Mansion has changed a lot recently. ”

"Is there one?" It's not still those maids, those little guys, what will happen.

"The clothes of the maids in the house are much better than before, and most of them have something that they can get their hands on, and each of them has a happy smile on their face." Qi Ziyan put Mu Xiaochu in front of her, "And the most important thing, didn't you find that they all respect you." ”

Qi Ziyan saw her thoughts and asked, "Do you think that they respect you because you are the head of the Murong Mansion or something?"

Mu Xiaochu looked at each other with an expression of 'isn't it' true.