The person who spoke was the usually gentle and amiable Xie family, a knowledgeable and reasonable person, because it was the main room of the second room, and he also helped the Dou family take care of the Wen Mansion on weekdays. Even after Dou fell ill, he helped take care of the march of several fortifications. As soon as she stood up, the rest of the aunts and mothers-in-law lowered their heads and laughed, and the meaning of that smile was unknown.

Wen Yukou drank tea quietly, the heat was swirling, and her face was pink and delicate. Sitting on her left hand was Aunt Jin, stretching out two slender jade fingers, picking up a piece of delicate and delicious little hibiscus cake, looking at it carefully, and then putting it in her mouth and eating it slowly. And Wen Yuzhi, who was in an inconspicuous place, pretended to appreciate the fan, secretly observed the two, and saw that they were indifferent, and couldn't help frowning deeply.

Except for these three people, everyone else's attention was on Xie.

The old lady stood up and patted Wen Yulan's hand, Wen Yulan stopped beating her legs, stood up and took a few steps back. The old lady's eyes swept around, and a cold light appeared: "Say." ”

"The flower list was made by Mrs. Dou, so naturally there is no big problem. But today's queen likes laurel the most, and once praised laurel as the fairy of a hundred flowers, and she is not worthy of a noble woman. Guifei Yu is in Wenfu, naturally she is the most noble woman, but she only can't smell the fragrance of laurel, why not remove the laurel and replace it with a peony, wouldn't it be more appropriate? Xie said.

Xie Shi's words are different in the open and secret, and those who have a little thought can hear it. The queen likes the fairy laurel in the flowers, and the concubine is naturally not worthy, so it is suitable to replace it with the first peony of a hundred flowers.

"Just now, everyone said that the spending list was good, and no one in the mansion saw the problem, but fortunately, Mrs. Xie was a proper person and said it to the point. Steward, you go, take the laurel down and replace it with a peony. ”

The housekeeper took out a pen and wrote it, then bent down and asked, "Old lady, how much is appropriate?" ”

The old lady's eyes were full of satisfaction, and he asked Xie Shi with a smile: "What do you say?" ”

"This ......" Xie Shi lowered his head and thought for a while, and returned: "The peony flower is noble, and it is naturally unique and good." ”

"Just do it." The old lady waved her hand. The housekeeper stepped back.

Xie Shi still stood still.

The old lady was about to leave, and when she saw this, she asked softly, "Mrs. Xie, what else is the matter?" ”

"There is one thing, I don't know whether to talk about it or not......" Xie Shi made a look of embarrassment.

Wen Yulan bit her lower lip, just now Xie had the courage to change her mother's flower list in front of the old lady, she had long been dissatisfied in her heart, and it was even more shameful to see Xie Shi's coy attitude at this time. She relied on the old lady's good mood, and said to Xie with a smile: "Why is Mrs. Xie not generous, in front of the old lady, what can't you say?" You are also a two-bedroom main room, so hidden and tucked, twisted and uncertain, skipping the small family atmosphere. What do you say, old lady? Isn't that right? ”

Wen Yulan was coquettish and stupid to the old lady, and the old lady pinched her face and said lovingly: "Yes, you are right." Then he said to Xie: "Let's say, it's all my own family, and there's nothing to be ashamed of." ”

Xie Shi agreed softly: "Yes." ”

She whispered a few words in the ear of the maid beside her, and the maid left in a hurry, and when everyone was wondering, Xie Shi spoke again: "Recently, Mrs. Dou suddenly fell ill, and there was chaos in the house, and I, as the daughter-in-law of the Wen family, am very worried. I have helped with a few small things in the past few days, and I don't want to complain, but the stakes are very high, and I have to tell the old lady. Wen Mansion originally built Linsi Pavilion by the pool as early as last year, dedicated to receiving the concubine, and later Mrs. Dou asked people to make a wall of drunken moon relief in the pavilion to show respect for the concubine. And the house spent 1,500 taels of silver for this purpose, and it was recorded in the accounts. The day before yesterday, I saw that the three stewards in the house had sneakily gone out of the outer courtyard, and the previous cabinet servants were suspicious, so I sent someone to bring them over for questioning. The third steward shouted that he was wronged, saying that the five hundred taels were the wages given by Mrs. Dou, and he just went to deliver the money. The daughter-in-law wondered in her heart, why was last year's salary only paid this year, and why did 1,000 taels become 500 taels? It must be that these three stewards embezzled their wages and blamed Mrs. Dou, and the daughter-in-law was stupid, and asked the old lady to investigate the case. ”

Xie's voice was smooth and clean, soft and firm, and everyone whispered and talked about it below. The old lady's gentle face immediately sank again, and he was silent, and the Buddha beads in his hand turned a little fast.