There are no less than ten varieties of plum trees in the plum garden.

It was a thousand cinnabar, a flower trembling hanging on the branches, as if it had really been taken care of and nourished, other plum blossoms had withered, but this one was still in full bloom, the pink petals were particularly bright and eye-catching against the blue sky.

However, Yu Xiang was not as excited as Du Ruo expected, but looked at her with a frown and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" I see you're dreaming at night, stop scaring yourself. ”

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Du Ruo stood in place stunned, not expecting Yu Xiang to react like this.

She just wanted to find someone to help her spread the word to her family.

Although the eighth girl has not yet come to settle accounts with her, sooner or later, one day, she feels that she can no longer stay in this mansion, and when she thinks of the cruelty of the eighth girl, she is so frightened that she can't sleep day and night, and she doesn't want to stay here for a moment.

Behind her, Yu Xiang, who had walked far away, stopped, his eyes lingered for a long time under the plum tree of thousands of cinnabars, and then he lowered his gaze and left.

In the evening, Mu Yan was already ready to rest, and the little girl came over to say, "Girl, Yuxiang from the plum garden came to give you plum branches." ”

Pu Cao's eyebrows raised, "It's so late, what kind of plum branches to send." ”

As soon as she was about to send people away, Mu Yan said, "Let people in." ”

Pu Cao was stunned, "Did the girl ask her to come?" ”

Mu Yan shook her head, "Yu Xiang was originally the one who served by the eighth sister's side, and later she was sent to Meiyuan on an errand, she came to me late at night, she must have something to say." ”

Yu Xiang entered the house, lowered his eyes and looked very well-behaved, "The slave maid greets the seventh girl." ”

"Get up."

Mu Yan looked at the plum branch she was holding in her hand and said with a smile: "It's rare that there are such good plum blossoms in this month." ”

Yu Xiang turned his head to look and saw that there was only Pucao Puliu in the house, so he turned around and closed the door, and then said: "This is the plum blossom nourished by the blood of the slave sister, and it naturally blooms better than the plum blossom next to it." ”

Mu Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had misheard, she glanced at the two girls of Pucao and Puliu, and saw that their expressions also changed greatly, so she confirmed that she had not heard it wrong.

"Your sister ......"

Yu Xiang knelt in front of Mu Yan and said, "My sister was killed by the eight girls. ”

"Extinguish? Why? ”

"This matter is a long story, please give the slave a little time, and please girl, be prepared."

Mu Yan's expression froze, and she intuitively felt that what Yu Xiang wanted to say to her was not a trivial matter, she looked at Yu Xiang carefully in silence before saying, "Say it." ”

Yu Xiang adjusted his thoughts slightly, and slowly spoke, "You and the eighth girl are twin sisters, but they have different appearances and different temperaments, you have liked to stick to the lady since you were a child, but the eighth girl likes to stick to the third master." ”

Mu Yan nodded, "Yes, later, my father went out with my grandfather and was not often at home, so the eighth sister turned to her mother." ”

"It was also at that time that the eighth girl began to intensify her efforts to snatch things from you and snatch Madame's love, right?"

Mu Yan didn't expect Yu Xiang to remember it so clearly, and nodded suspiciously, "Does this have anything to do with your sister's death?" ”

Yu Xiang smiled bitterly: "Four years ago, the slave maid was still a first-class maid who served closely by the side of the eighth girl, at that time, you and the eighth girl were only in their early tens, the third master went out for the first time, the eighth girl made a fuss and did not let the third master go, and went to the third master's study every day to make a temper, just the day before the third master left home, he sent the slaves and maids out, leaving the eight girls alone to talk......"

Yu Xiang remembered very well that the first light snow of winter had just fallen that day, and the eighth girl Mu Wan made a big fuss because her father was leaving home, and Yu Xiang Yuyi's persuasion was useless, so she had to accompany her to find the third master.

The third master has always been very fond of the eight girls, and when he saw that his daughter was reluctant to be distressed, he sent the two of them outside, saying that he had something to explain to the eight girls.

When the two went out, Yu Yi said, the eighth girl is not easy to deal with, and the third master has to put some effort into it, she will go back to the yard to cook a bowl of sweet porridge for the eighth girl, and wait for the eighth girl to come out in a while, just enough to drink.

Yu Yi left, Yu Xiang stayed outside to guard, and after a while, the little girl came over and said that the old lady asked the third master to go to the Evergreen Courtyard.

Because the third master was going to leave home on the second day, the old lady called him over at this juncture, there must be something to tell, Yuxiang didn't dare to delay, sent the little girl, and went to the house, wanting to tell him.

At that time, she didn't realize that the third master was not comforting the eighth girl, but talking about secrets that others couldn't hear.

She was about to knock on the door when she heard the voice of the third master faintly coming from inside.

"Wan'er, Qingniang and Runiang are the people left by your biological mother to protect you, if there is something, you tell them to do it, you have been smart since childhood, you must know the trick of this, you must not anger your mother, and you must not let her find out your background."

Immediately afterwards, there was a trembling voice of the eight girls, "It turns out that I am not my mother's daughter, no wonder I don't look like my mother at all......"

The third old man laughed and said, "Wan'er looks like she misses her father, doesn't she?" Everybody says that you and your father are carved out of the same mold. ”

"And where is my birth mother now? Could it be that I'm actually a lowly concubine? ”

"Of course not, your mother's status is noble, and your identity is naturally very noble, but she is far away now, we can't easily see her, and when there is a chance in the future, my father will take you to meet your biological mother."

Yu Xiang came back to his senses when he heard this, and he didn't dare to listen to it any more, not knowing what they were saying behind him, so he tiptoed away from the door and stood in the distance.

But she was afraid that she would show her feet in front of the third master, so after thinking about it, she ran to the Evergreen Courtyard, wanting to use an excuse to reply to the old lady and prove that she was not outside, so it was impossible to hear what they said.

Even if she showed something strange, the eight girls would not suspect there.

But she never imagined that Feather Coat would go and return so quickly.

"Yu Yi must have heard something, otherwise, the third master would not suddenly say that Yu Yi deliberately seduced him, Yu Yi has never intended to be a concubine, how could he seduce the third master! Things happened very quickly, and when the slave returned to the study, she heard that Feather Coat had been beaten and thrown out of the house! ”

When Yu Xiang said this, Mu Yan was already shocked and speechless.

Pu Liu asked: "Since Yu Yi was kicked out of the house, then why do you say that she is dead?" ”

"The slave maid was in the Evergreen Courtyard to the old lady to reply, and when I left, I happened to meet someone to tell the old lady about it, so I pulled out my legs and ran to the third master's study, but it was too late, and the slave maid didn't even see the face of the feather coat again. Afterwards, the slave tried to find someone but found nothing, so the slave suspected that the feather coat was killed by the third master, but there was no way to get a definite answer. ”

"You were sent to the Plum Garden afterwards because of this incident?"

Yu Xiang said: "Yu Yi has an accident, the eight girls will inevitably guard against the slave maid, not long after the incident passed, she deliberately caught the slave maid's fault, and the slave maid fell to the plum garden to be a rough girl, for several years, the slave maid has been keeping an eye on the eight girls' every move, the slave maid is the same as the girl, and even what kind of person she is, but the slave maid never knows what the end of the feather coat is, or rather, what kind of death, until today, Du Ruo, who was also sent to the plum garden by the third lady, wanted to ask me for help, so he told me, She had seen the eighth girl take the green lady Runiang and drag the body of the feather coat under the plum tree to melt into corpse water......"

When Mu Yan heard this, she subconsciously looked at the plum blossom in Yu Xiang's arms, and goosebumps suddenly appeared on her arm.

"I really didn't expect it, even if I wanted to break my head, she wasn't my twin sister at all...... What does my father mean when she says that her mother is noble? ”

Mu Yan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in the play.

's father seems to have a deep love for Mu Wan's biological mother, and even lowered his posture, calling her "noble".

Yu Xiang shook his head, "The slave doesn't know. ”

After the initial shock, Mu Yan began to grit her teeth, "She knows that she is not her mother's daughter, and she still wants to compete with me for her mother's favor!" Besides, my mother is my father's main room, since she was not born by her mother, what is it if she is not a concubine! No matter how noble her mother is, she is also a concubine! She's also a lowly concubine! ”

Pu Cao hesitated: "What is the girl going to tell Madame?" ”

Mu Yan hesitated a little, "If my mother knew, I am afraid that she would be very sad, and this is just Yu Xiang's words, my mother may not believe it, she probably thinks that Yu Xiang made up these statements in order to avenge Yu Yi." ”

She looked at Yu Xiang, "Then why are you telling me this?" ”

"Because the slave maid thinks that you, the seventh girl, are the one who knows the eighth girl best. This time the eighth girl hurt you a lot, you must be extremely disgusted with the eighth girl, but because she is your twin sister, and you don't want to hurt the third lady, so you can't do anything to her, but you now know that she is cheating on you and the third lady, so can you still tolerate her? The slave and maid admitted that she wanted to get justice for her sister, but the position of the slave and the girl did not conflict. ”

Mu Yan looked at her, was silent for a long time, and said, "You go back first, let me think about it." ”

Yu Xiang did not persuade hard, and obediently retired: "The slave will go back first." ”

As soon as she left, Pucao couldn't help but say, "Girl, do you believe what she says?" ”

Mu Yan said: "Although what she said is too unbelievable, but the incident four years ago is really memorable, because my father is going to go on an expedition, the eighth sister has made a big fuss many times, I remember that after my father had a long talk with her once, the eighth sister did not make trouble again, and that time the big girl next to her had an accident, and then the second-class girl next to her was brought up, this matter is not big or small, I remember it quite clearly." What Yu Xiang said just now matches my memory. ”

Pu Liu said: "Pu Cao was younger at the time, maybe I don't remember much, but the slave maid still has the impression that after the third master left home, the eighth girl tried her best to take Madame's favor as her own, Madame probably felt that she was because she missed the third master, and transferred her dependence on the third master to her, so she was extra tolerant, and even the girl was angry with the eight girls several times, and the lady said let the girl let the eight girls let her go." ”