At this time, walking side by side with Yu Zheyu on the winding path of the back garden, Jiang Shu asked with some doubts: "Mother, why is that Aunt Kang in Yinchun Garden?" When did she come to the house? ”

"I just arrived this afternoon," Yu Zheyu turned his head to look at her and said, "Today, your grandmother gave me the Yin Chun Garden, but there are not enough people in the family, she said that she asked Steward Hong to invite a few more people to serve me, so I asked him to find Aunt Kang." ”

"Did the mother ask Aunt Kang's opinion? Did she come of her own free will? Jiang Shu thought about it and said with a serious expression.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is no better than the small house outside, in this deep courtyard compound, there are traps everywhere, there are crises every step of the way, life is very difficult, and what is needed most around is a reliable person without any complaints.

Yu Zheyu nodded lightly and sighed: "Aunt Kang's family is not good, her husband broke a leg when he was young, and he has not been able to stand up all these years. Three years ago, when her son and daughter-in-law were away from work, the boat they were riding capsized and they both drowned in the river, leaving only their young children behind. ”

Since then, the burden of the family has fallen on her shoulders alone. When I saw that she was in trouble, I asked her to follow me and do some small work. In the past few days of coming to the house, I have been worried about whether her family's livelihood will be lost, but fortunately, there is a shortage of people in the house, so I can let her come. ”

"It's really pitiful," Jiang Shu couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, and said in a deep voice, "Why don't we let the account office pay her more money every month." ”

"That's exactly what I thought," Yu Zheyu agreed, "With such a big mansion, there will be no shortage of that little money, I hope your second mother won't deliberately embarrass you." ”

"If she really does that, I will definitely make her lose her position as the head of the house," Jiang Shu's face suddenly became a little serious, "A person who has no benevolent heart, she is not worthy of being in charge." ”

"Don't talk nonsense," Yu Zheyu said busily, "beware of being listened to, causing trouble in vain." ”

"Well," Jiang Shu nodded slightly, thought of something, and walked around in front of her and said, "By the way, mother, that Concubine Li Shun in the palace, is she just her mother's apprentice?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yu Zheyu was slightly puzzled.

Jiang Shu bit her lower lip lightly and said: "Last time, she asked me to bring a letter to my mother, but there was only a couplet of poems on that letter, 'It should be like a peach and plum tree in the garden, and the flowers fall with the wind and on the branches'." It is a poem that expresses the affection of flesh and blood, in the mother's heart, has she been regarded as a daughter? ”

Yu Zheyu sighed slightly: "Li Qingwan's girl, the same age as your eldest sister Haifu, if you say that you don't have a little affection for the child, it is impossible, but the couplet is not her expressing the love of mother and daughter to her mother." ”

"And what does she mean by writing that couplet?" Jiang Shu thought for a while.

Yu Zheyu looked at her softly: "She wanted to tell her mother through that couplet that the person who came to deliver the letter was her daughter." ”

"That'...... Did my mother know that Shu'er was your daughter at that time? Thinking of her rescue and unknown number of secret protections before that, Jiang Shu asked suspiciously.

"No," Yu Zheyu shook his head slowly, "I knew it was when I rescued you under the stage near the Drum Tower that time." I saw you in the crowd when you entered Beijing last year, and I recognized you at a moment's notice. ”

"I see." Jiang Shu nodded slightly, and wanted to say something more, but Ping Qian suddenly hurriedly ran over here with a lantern, shouting loudly, "Madam, Miss......"