The entrance of Jinhetang.

Bao'er was jumping rope, and when she saw Jade coming, she threw the rope and ran to meet her.

"Sister Jade, you're here, the eldest lady is waiting!"

She pulled the hem of Jade's clothes and walked into the courtyard, "Miss Fang Cai has scolded me, saying that I shouldn't be arrogant and ruin her reputation. The eldest lady fined me half a month's monthly money, and Sister Ling'er slapped me in the palm of the hand."

She stretched out her slender little hand, and her small palm was strangled red by the skipping rope, "Sister, look, it's still red."

Jade listened in silence and did not speak.

When I arrived at the small cross courtyard, I entered the hall.

Jade handed the box to Ling'er, knelt down and kowtowed to Han Youning meticulously.

"Greetings to the eldest lady. The second lady asked the slave maid to bring a message, saying that if you have anything you don't know, just send someone to ask her."

Han Youning smiled, "Jade Girl, get up and sit down. It's like you're meeting for the first time."

Jade stood aside and didn't sit down, "The eldest lady doesn't care about these courtesies, it's your virtue, but the slave can't be unruly. You have just recognized the Guogong Mansion, and the identity of the eldest lady has just been decided, and the slave maid should kneel down and kowtow for the first time."

Han Youning took off a pair of jade bracelets from his wrist and asked Ling'er to hand them to her.

"Since you've done such a big gift, I can't be stingy, I have to give a meeting gift."

Jade excused, "How can the slave accept such a heavy gift from you, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the second lady when I look back."

Han Youning smiled, "You just have to keep it." This bracelet was bought from the silver building, and there are no other marks, and the second sister can still tell that I gave it to me."

Jade clenched her hand and didn't answer.

Ling'er shoved the bracelet into her hand and said with a grin, "My sister said she bought it herself. The first big girl in your house, how can she not deserve to wear a jade bracelet. I have several pairs of better bracelets here, let's go, I'll show my sister."

Jade hesitated, Ling'er dragged her out, turned her head and said to Han Youning, "Miss, you read the account book first, and call the slave maid if there is anything."

Han Youning smiled and waved his hand, "You go."

Ling'er dragged Jade to her room, took out three boxes from the cage, opened them and opened them one by one.

There were a dazzling array of gold and jade jewels in the three boxes, and Ling'er took out a few gold bracelets and handed them to Jade.

"Sister Jade, look at it, this is all rewarded by the eldest lady. I am slowly saving, although I can't wear red makeup when I get married in the future, I can always marry more decently than ordinary eldest ladies."

Jade pinched the bracelet and wondered, "Marry? My sister is the eldest lady's eldest maid, and it is said that the eldest lady will accompany her when she leaves the cabinet, so how can you decide whether to marry or not?"

Ling'er sat beside her, "The eldest lady said that the most bitter woman in this world is a concubine, and she is just a concubine, and she has to let her children suffer with her, so she is reluctant to let me suffer that pain. If you look at the third lady in our house, you will know that our house is still a lenient family, and the respect she receives in the house is not as good as that of your sister?"

She lowered her head and blushed, twisted her handkerchief and said shyly, "Miss said that when I am old, I will definitely be allowed to marry in a red wedding dress, and marry a good son and be a good lady, and I don't have to grovel to live."

Jade looked confused and muttered to herself, "The lady with the head, the big red wedding dress...... What daughter wouldn't want to?"

Ling'er smiled and joked to her, "Sister, doesn't she want to get married? Which one do you fancy, if you are embarrassed, let the eldest lady tell the second lady for you!"

Jade smiled bitterly, "Where are there any good people, where do I have such a good life to have a lenient master, how easy it is to let me go out of the house."

Ling'er smiled, "I also guessed a little bit of my sister's suffering, I was slapped by the second lady here a few days ago......

She leaned closer to Jade and said in a low voice, "I heard the gossip of the mother-in-law in the house, saying that the old grandfather originally had two aunts, both of whom died at a young age. Since then, the grandfather of the old country has never taken any more concubines, and he has returned to the house less. The second lady was taught by the old lady, and I am afraid that if you are accepted by your future uncle in the future

Room...... After all, it is a slave and a maid, and if she dies, she will die, and no one will care."

Ling'er took the handkerchief and wiped the tears that didn't squeeze out at all, and secretly sighed that Miss taught this action, did it really have to be done?

Jade sat in silence for a long time.

She got up and went to the main room.

She looked at Han Youning, who was seriously looking at the account books, hesitated for a while, and finally spoke, "It's useless for the eldest lady to look at these accounts. There have always been two sets of account books in the house, one bright and one dark. The dark one is real."

Han Youning smiled, "I know."

Jade was stunned, "Then why doesn't the eldest lady ask the second lady for it?"

Han Youning threw aside the account book in his hand, "Ever since I asked for my mother's dowry, I knew that the account in this mansion was a bad debt. Now that it's rotten, what's the use of picking it out other than disgusting yourself? The old lady has not taken care of the accounts for many years, and the second sister has only taken over for a few days, and Xiao Wen has already entered the prison, who can I find to settle the account? In the end, it's just a matter of putting all the blame on Xiao Wen."

Jade's eyes flashed, "So, the eldest lady wants to directly take the mothers in charge of the operation?"

Han Youning picked up the teacup and drank tea with his eyes down.

Jade was secretly frightened, and she really realized the power of the eldest lady.

Since she entered this mansion, she has been laying out, step by step, forcing the second room to a dead end, and only in the end did she reveal her identity and give them the last blow, so that they had no power to fight back.

Every move she makes seems careless, but she always wins by surprise.

And standing here at this time, she is not a chess piece in her game, and her position was set early.

But what role she wants to make herself play is a little confusing.

Serving tea to the guests, the eldest lady didn't ask anything, and let herself go.

Jade was blessed again, "If the eldest lady has nothing to ask, the slave will retreat first."

Han Youning nodded, "Well, Ling'er will send the Jade Girl."

"Yes."

Jade walked to the door of the room and turned back and said, "Those mothers in charge will not sit still, and the eldest lady should be careful. When the slave came, she met Zhang's mother, who was purchased from the big kitchen, and Chang's mother on the stove went to Hanlian Courtyard."

She saw that the eldest lady didn't seem surprised by these things, and she didn't mean to let her inquire about the news, so she finally went out of the room and left.

Ling'er sent Jade away, and when she came back, she asked curiously, "Miss, has Jade really been punished?"

Han Youning looked through the account books, "The second lady returned to Hanlian Courtyard for more than half an hour before Jade came over, these fake accounts don't need to be faked anymore, we have to be in a hurry, what has she done so long?" Mother Zheng hurried to Hanlian Courtyard, what did she do?"

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Guess what, what does Youning want Jade to do?