Under the careful care of Aunt Yun and Aunt Liu, the Jiang family went to Yangning Hou's Mansion on this day, Chen Lan didn't bother to work hard at all, and the two of them almost turned the materials that Chen Lan married at the beginning, all kinds of patterns, all kinds of materials, and all kinds of collocation, she was dazzled, and almost thought that the two of them were planning to change their careers to open a silk shop. Fortunately, she has always had an opinion, and the underwear of the future child is all made of Songjiang triangular cloth, and those red and purple carved silk brocade materials are still packed up and bundled high, waiting for the opportunity to come in handy in the future.

After sorting out the cabinet, the next thing is the various small items in the cage. Because there are too many things, Chen Lan himself can't remember that there are still many bits and pieces of gadgets, or Yun'er, who remembers xìn well, is like a few treasures next to him, and almost everything can explain the origin clearly. One by one, the sandalwood boxes were bottomed out and refilled, and several NV people brought the three-layer decorative boxes on the dressing table, and took them out and filled them on the kang table, which made Chen Lanzhi frown.

"It's just a matter of preparing the clothes first, what are these things taken out for?

"Madame, haven't you forgotten that the fourth young master's wedding date is not far away, although the box does not need to be used by the aunt, but the greeting gifts and so on must be prepared properly. Madame and Miss Du have always been good, so you have to pick and choose, right?

"You guys, ......", Chen Lan shook his head helplessly, "Even if you don't want me to think about those things, you don't need to make such a fuss." Let people who don't know see it, and think I'm doing my dowry! I've already thought about what I'll give to my sister Zheng'er. A pair of bracelets, a pair of gold hairpins, and a collar, and then others think I'm showing off. After all, Chen Bing began to spend his dowry in the Yang family: as for Chen Yun, under Mrs. Ma's deduction, she couldn't give all the good things to her irrelevant brothers and sisters; And the others don't need to be mentioned. Just thinking about it, she saw Yun'er silent, arching her waist and counting the jīn hairpins of different shapes, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and said: "It's not that I haven't seen it, I want to see if you look back and take a look at it with the ornament box, what are you doing?" "Ma'am, how do I feel like something is missing? As soon as these words came out, not only Aunt Yun and Aunt Liu were startled, but even Chen Lan felt incredible. She was amazed and liked these hairpin rings when she first arrived, but then she gradually got used to them, and felt that these red gold inlaid treasures were too heavy, so she often dressed them up in a plain way. This ornament box is usually locked and placed there, but the few commonly used things are placed in the hu drawer within easy reach, "It seems that it has not been touched since returning to Beijing."

"What's missing?" , Yun'er took out a golden hairpin from it: "Madam, look, this is when I was in the Hou Mansion, the princess of Jin rewarded me that time, I remember that the second miss, the fourth lady, and the fifth miss each got a pair, and you got two pairs." A pair is a five-inch passionflower hairpin, and a pair is a three-inch pearl cordyceps hairpin, although it is a palace system, but it is for people to pick down, the weight is light, the pair of pearl cordyceps is wearing it now, this passionflower is too long, it has been put in the ornament box, but now there is only one left. Chen Lan had almost forgotten about this stubble, and at this time he reached out and touched it, and immediately remembered that he had indeed worn such a pair in the morning. Aunt Yun and Aunt Liu didn't go through the previous incident, and when they heard this, they hurriedly took the passionflower golden hairpin and looked carefully, and then looked for it carefully, but now it is indeed not there, the two of them glanced at each other, and their faces showed a little solemnity.

Even Chen Lan sank his face. She doesn't care about things, no matter how valuable things are, it's just a few taels of gold, but if someone can reach for the ornament box, they will be able to do something out of the ordinary one day. So, seeing Aunt Yun pulling Aunt Liu to kneel, she sank a little and said: "Don't search openly, first find the book when you came back from Jiangnan, when you sorted out things, and then check if there are outsiders entering the house at will recently." Make these nn clear first, and then inquire in detail one by one, and when the matter is clear, you will not be too late to ask for guilt.

"Yes.

Because of this sudden incident, Chen Lan always felt a pimple in his heart. The number of people used in the mirror garden is more than twice as small as that of the Yangning Hou Mansion, but the monthly rules are just as rich, she is by no means stingy with the people around her, and she never imagined that someone would stretch out a thief's hand to these gold and silver jewelry. Therefore, after Aunt Yun Shigu and Aunt Liu went out, even if Yun'er was teasing beside her, she always frowned.

Until the Jiang family came back, she pressed these thoughts for the time being. Knowing that Chen Yan was okay to accompany the Jiang family to laugh after receiving something, and after taking someone to see the old lady, she even had to keep the meal, she couldn't help but shake her head and said: "Xiao Si's pretense is too clumsy, after all, it is human life, and it is a person from the palace, how can such a big thing not be taken to heart" You are right, just pretend. When I saw the old lady, the old lady's eyes were still a little red, as if she was very sad, looking at Xiao Si like that, most likely to make his grandmother happy. Jiang thought about Zhu's old appearance, as if he had some empathy, "I think it's better to split up as soon as possible, and the old lady can have another two years of peace." There is no need to say anything more, Chen Lan can also understand it. It's just that Jiang said that Zhu's eyes were red, but she was a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "Does my mother think the old lady has cried?" "Yes, I also feel puzzled, but I think it's because the old lady loves the house and Wu, and I think of the imperial concubine who has just passed away not long ago. After all, it was a white man who sent a black man, and the old lady was not in good health at that time, and she couldn't even make a ...... in front of her after entering the palace to send her", although Jiang said this, the doubt in Chen Lan's heart still did not fall. She has seen Zhu change from a cold old lady to a sincere elder, and she knows that Zhu's gentleness will always be only shown to those she really values. Even if the red eaves and the blue building were sent by the imperial concubine, they would be far from that for a while. Only in front of her mother-in-law at this time, she naturally didn't want to comment on her grandmother's xìn character like this, so she vaguely branched over, thinking in her heart that she had to call Chen Yan to ask about it.

The person who delivered the letter had not yet been dispatched, but in the evening, Chen Yan did not know how to come. said that his brother-in-law was busy with official business, and his brother-in-law had to take care of him, but just looking at his gobbling up posture when he was eating, Chen Lan didn't know that he was afraid that he was just hungry and faint. Sure enough, after dinner, when she brought people to the east room and asked, she was surprised to learn that Chen Yan had taken leave to run outside for a whole day today.

"Those things in the Hou Mansion are troublesome enough, what are you running outside at this time?" "Sister, of course I do things in a measured way. Chen Yan replied with a smile, it can be seen that Chen Lan's eyes are staring at him, and he who wanted to prevaricate was suddenly a little unnatural. I have the heart to say that you don't have to work hard, and I have the heart to say that everything has me, but the words have always been held back when they come to their mouths, and after they arrive, he has to sigh and say, "Okay, I'll just say it." Today I summoned Cui Lou to the old lady for questioning, and what she meant in her words was that the death of Hongya was to eliminate the old lady's future troubles forever.

"Forever rid of the troubles?" , Chen Lan took a deep breath, her brows gradually furrowed, and seeing that Chen Yan avoided her gaze, she only felt a flash of inspiration in her mind, and suddenly grabbed Chen Yan's wrist and asked sharply, "What does she mean is that Hongwei wants to use her own death to trip up the third uncle, pave the way for the old lady in addition to the big trouble in her heart?" That's what she meant. Chen Yan sneered, and then stood up to himself, "I went to Wuling Bo's Mansion today to inquire, and Cuilou and Hongean did not follow the imperial concubine from the beginning, but the imperial concubine was sent in two years after entering the palace. They are not family students, they are lonely NVs who suffered from the flooding of the Yellow River back then, and after buying people in Wuling Bofu, they are now all desperate, so they hope that the imperial concubine will use them to fix their favors, and the result is ......", he didn't continue, seeing Chen Lan's face full of understanding, he went over and sat next to the person again: "Sister, both of them are good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, even if they don't succeed in the palace, now that they come out of the palace, there is always a little hope to find a good family, how can they seek death for the old lady who is not very familiar?" This is clearly Cuilou's nonsense! I have already asked Mother Zheng to stare at her, if she makes any changes, she will take it immediately, lest the old lady use it in the wrong place for pity!

Listening to Chen Yan's categorical words, Chen Lan unconsciously felt a little relieved, and immediately nodded: "You are really experienced now, no matter whether you look at things or think about it, you can think deeply." It's just that after all, they have followed the imperial concubine for many years, and it was she who asked me to intercede with the emperor, and this special favor was released. You can't just do it because of one or two doubts, you must have conclusive and credible evidence.

"Well, I can save it, sister, you can rest assured!" , Chen Yan was pressing his head heavily, and a lady came from outside. Hearing that it was Yun'er's voice, Chen Lan immediately asked people to come in. The next moment, Yun'er, who came in with the curtain, curtsied at Chen Yan with a smile and curtsied, and then went to Chen Lan's side and said close to her ear: "Madam, Aunt Yun asked me to report back, saying that the thief caught it." It was the little girl Amber Niang, she confessed that she took something and sold it in her hands, and exchanged it for fifty taels of silver, and the big chain of ingots had been searched. "Thief, what thief, sister is a thief here? Chen Yan's ears are excellent, and he keenly caught those words at this time, and as soon as Yun'er finished speaking, he immediately jumped forward, and asked in a low voice while holding the kang table with one hand. Chen Lan looked helplessly at the little guy who refused to give up, so he explained the cause and effect of the matter in a concise and concise manner, and without waiting for Chen Yan to frown and say anything, she turned her head to look at Yun'er and said: "Don't easily judge, how people get in, how they open the locks, why they stole such things, ask clearly!"