Yangning Hou Mansion Tatexiang Courtyard East Room.

Zhu, who had woken up, sat up straight on the kang under the service of Yu Shao, and heard her say that Mother Zheng had not come back yet, and it was already the third quarter of the beginning of the year, she immediately frowned, and had a faint feeling of extreme bad premonition. Just thinking about it, she noticed that someone had entered the house, and when she looked up, it was Chen Lan, and she asked again: "It's all forbidden at night, but have people gone to the Korean government to investigate?" ”

"I've inquired." Chen Lan made up his mind to hide the news from the Zhu family, so he smiled and said, "It is said that the Korean duke happened to be invited out today, and the county lord of Yixing was discussing the marriage of Sister Huixin at the Korean duchess. Zheng's mother was afraid that she would alarm the county lord of Yixing by saying something, so she stayed there and gossiped about it, and she would be back in about a while. Although it was after the night ban, our family's carriage and horses in Xicheng were all recognized, so they wouldn't take it as a night offender. ”

"Han Gong is not in ......" Zhu sighed softly, but when he heard that Zheng's mother was left behind because of Zhang Huixin's marriage, her face was slightly pale, "Even so, I won't wait for her, and you don't have to stay here, I feel much better now, just sleep for one night." You also go back early, you are young, and you don't have to learn from those people to stay up late. ”

In his previous life, he was used to a 9-to-5 life, but in this life, he had to get used to a 5-to-9 day, although Chen Lan heard the words staying up late, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart, but he still responded respectfully. But before she could go out, there was a soft voice outside, and after a while, the green calyx entered the door, and her face was quite unhappy.

"Old lady, the third lady is here, it seems that it is for Guangningbo's business."

Zhu had just slept for more than an hour, and now he didn't feel much sleep, so when he heard the report from the green calyx, he didn't hesitate to order Mrs. Xu to be invited in. When the third daughter-in-law she personally picked entered the door, she saw that her eyes were red and swollen, but she still saluted respectfully, she sighed in her heart, and glanced at Chen Lan. Chen Lan understood it, so he naturally retired.

"Old lady, I know that I shouldn't bother you with my mother's affairs now, but now this situation is really frightening. Just now, my eldest brother from Quang Ninh Bo Mansion sent a letter saying that the father-in-law who had come by order had questioned him for two quarters of an hour, and his legs were now weak. In addition to questioning, several accounts of the family were sealed......"

Chen Lan quietly exited the room, only to hear Mrs. Xu's voice faintly coming from inside. She knew that she was not omniscient and omnipotent, and she could not cope with all the crises, so although she was shocked when she heard the word account, she still kept her feet and walked out of the main door in a moment. Stopping to look at the sky, I saw that the sky was completely dark at this time, there were no stars in the night, and a crescent moon appeared in the thick clouds from time to time, but most of the time it was completely shrouded in thick clouds.

It looks like tomorrow's weather is not going to be good.

She stood only for a moment, and the green calyx followed. She looked at this quick-witted big girl, thought about it for a while, and didn't mention the content of the first letter, but just handed over the open letter, and instructed: "If Mother Zheng comes back, you should go out to see it first, and say that I have already read the letter, according to the meaning of Han Gong, and her instructions, I hid it from the old lady, and asked her to consider the rest of the things." ”

Speaking of this, she relayed the excuse she had mentioned to Zhu again to Green Calyx, and seeing that Green Calyx repeated it word for word, she said solemnly: "The old lady will hand it over to you tonight." ”

After she finished ordering the green calyx, the red snail had already come forward, and there were two little girls with lanterns on the side. She only nodded, and the group walked out silently. After walking a short distance west along the sandwich road, when she was about to reach the corner gate, she collided with the oncoming group. Seeing that it was Aunt Luo who was walking in the middle, she couldn't help but be stunned, and then walked two steps quickly and asked, "Auntie, where are you going?" ”

Compared with the radiant face when he first came back, and he didn't know if it was because there were a few fewer bright tile lamps that night, or because his mood was really not good, Chen Lan suddenly found that Aunt Luo's face was so dark now. She asked for a while, and Aunt Luo came back to her senses as if she had just woken up from a dream, and when she saw that it was her, she hurriedly stepped forward to say hello with a smile on her face, and then said: "It's really a coincidence, I was looking for Miss San to ask for embroidery, and I actually met it here." ”

What do you want to embroider?

Such a clumsy excuse would come out of the mouth of an eight-faced person like Aunt Luo, Chen Lan couldn't help but feel a little funny. Thinking of the current situation in Tatekain, she thought about it for a while and agreed. Sure enough, Aunt Luo followed her all the way to the Splendid Pavilion, praised her for her ingenuity, and praised her for her filial piety, and gave a basket of good words.

"On March 18, the Duchess of Weiguo invited Miss Fuli to visit the garden, but Miss Five's health was not very good, and the old man did not allow Miss Five to go, but Mrs. agreed. Among the few young ladies in the family, the third lady is the most generous and peaceful, please take more care of her when the time comes, in case she has anything wrong, please remind her two sentences. She's been in the house all these days, and I can't look at it, I'm afraid she's going to have something to do......"

Chen Lan used to see Aunt Luo's cool temperament and very scheming, but at this time, when she saw her talking and talking, she burst into tears, and under the bright light in the room, her face became thinner and thinner, and she couldn't help but be stunned. Although the third uncle Chen Ying regarded her and Chen Yan's sister and brother as a thorn in her side, and counted on the old lady to take her sister and brother and knead them arbitrarily as soon as she went, but it really made her hate everyone in the third room because of this, and she thought that she was not such a cold-hearted person. Therefore, even if she didn't know whether Aunt Luo's tears were true or false, and she thought that there was no disadvantage to herself, she readily agreed, and the result made Aunt Luo happy.

Send people away, see that the hour is not early, after Chen Lan cleaned up, he turned off the lights and went to bed. It's just that there were too many things happening all day today, and she tossed and turned for a long time before she gradually fell asleep. I don't know how long it took, she was suddenly woken up by a strong force, turned around and looked up, and saw that it was a red snail with an anxious face wearing a dress.

It was just a spirit, and she instinctively asked, "Something happened?" ”

"Sister Jade Peony of Tatekayuan is here."

Chen Lan took a deep breath, and then ordered, "Please come in!" ”

After a while, Jade Peony entered the house. Seeing that Chen Lan was getting out of bed in her clothes, she hurriedly rushed forward with neatly dressed clothes, grabbed Chen Lan's hand, knelt in front of the bed, and said in a trembling voice: "Third Miss, the old lady suddenly woke up before, and after drinking half a glass of water, she learned that Mother Zheng had not come back, and immediately lost her temper. As a result, the old lady insisted on waiting there, and when she saw Zheng's mother, she asked sharply. Mother Zheng prevaricated for a while, but she didn't dare to deceive after all, but the old lady turned her back on her anger in a fit of anger......"

Although he had been mentally prepared before, when he heard this, Chen Lan still felt his heart almost jump to his throat. After a long time, she asked with difficulty, "Did you go to the doctor?" ”

"No ......" Seeing that Chen Lan's face was pale, Yu Shao hurriedly explained, "As soon as Mother Zheng pinched people, the old lady woke up leisurely, gritted her teeth and took the medicine, so she told me not to ask for a doctor, but she sat there alone for a long time, and then ordered me to come and invite the third lady to come over." The old lady even scolded Zheng's mother before, if there is really anything bad to hear later, please ...... the third lady."

"It's okay, it's all this time, how can I account for so much."

Chen Lan pulled his shoes and got out of bed to stand still, Hongluo had already pushed Yun'er awake, and went outside to call Qinfang, and the three of them didn't care about wearing their own clothes, so they first picked up the clothes Chen Lan was wearing, and hurriedly served her to get dressed, and then they went to work. After a while, the four masters and servants stopped dressing, and Chen Lan still kept Qin Fang to watch the house, and did not alarm those little girls, only took Hongluo and Yun'er out of the house. When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she saw that Mrs. Li, who was watching the gate of the courtyard, was full of caution, and she had to praise her twice, and the red snail who followed behind rewarded her with a silver bill, which immediately made the mother-in-law who was awake at night smile.

When they arrived at the Tatexiang Courtyard, the mother-in-law who guarded the door had already been instructed, and stepped forward with a lantern to lead Chen Lan and his party inside. Entering the bright room, Chen Lan heard the first cough in the West House, and knew that the Zhu family had received the message, so she calmed down, and then relaxed her steps and entered. The west room has always been Zhu's bedroom, even if she rarely comes in, at this time, seeing Zhu's sitting on the bed looking at her coldly, she sped up a few steps and knelt down in front of the bed silently.

Zhu scolded Zheng's mother angrily just now, and after a break at this time, she was going to ask Chen Lan when she saw her, but it can be seen that she knelt in front of her without any defense, and remembered that she was very good for a while, and there was a faint pain in her chest. After taking a few deep breaths against her chest, she finally calmed down and slammed the edge of the bed in anger.

"Know it's wrong?"

Lan paused for a moment, and then whispered, "But if you encounter such a thing next time, the granddaughter will hide it first." ”

Mother Zheng was disgraced by the reprimand she had just been reprimanded, and she was immediately startled when she heard Chen Lan speak like this. If it was usual, she didn't dare to let the old lady get angry again, and when she was about to open her mouth to persuade her, she couldn't help but feel unbelievable when she saw a smile gradually appear on Zhu's flat face, and swallowed the words that came to her mouth unconsciously.

"I can't see that you are so clever on weekdays, but you are still a stubborn character! Forget it, get up! ”

After all, he had only fainted once just now, and Zhu's voice was naturally very tired at this moment. Seeing Chen Lan stand up, she looked at her deeply again, then at Mother Zheng, and finally said softly: "Early tomorrow morning, take my post to Su's house and take Su Wan'er to live at home for a few days." She lives in restraint here, so she lives in Lan'er's Splendid Pavilion. ”

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