As Old Madam Jiang eased the atmosphere, the originally stiff expressions on the faces of the two aunts and grandmothers of the Jiang family eased slightly.

"Mother, second sister, I came cheekily today, but I just want to ask for a name for that unborn grandson."

Second Mrs. Ye spoke with difficulty, and with a pair of complaining eyes, she stared closely at her mother, Mrs. Jiang.

Old Madam Jiang turned her head to look at her granddaughter.

Jiang Yilian pursed her lips slightly and slowly lowered her head.

I didn't know how to answer for a while.

Three bedrooms in Chengenbo Mansion.

Ye Jingzhao returned home, and saw his mother sitting in the courtyard with his grandmother eating tea and chatting.

She stepped forward and was about to salute, when Old Madam Xie got up, walked up to her, and pulled her to sit beside her.

asked, "Zhaozhao, your mother just said that in a few days, we will go to the temple together to offer incense." ”

Ye Jingzhao smiled and nodded.

After lunch in the evening, Ye Jingzhao went back to rest.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Tian quietly searched for it in the dark.

It was Xiangruo who brought Aunt Tian over.

Red Dates looked at the two of them and frowned.

There was some displeasure on his face, but he still let the two of them stare at the door and wait, and replied from their own room.

"Fourth Miss, Aunt Tian is here."

The red jujube stepped forward and replied cautiously.

Ye Jingzhao was sitting on the couch, and there was an embroidered frame on the low table on the couch.

She was embroidering a handkerchief in her hand.

Hearing this, he paused for the needle and thread in his hand, raised his eyes to look at the door, and then put the needle and thread in his hand back into the needlework frame on the low table.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Red Jujube stepped forward and helped the fourth lady up.

Ye Jingzhao sat on the chair outside and straightened his clothes.

The jujube has brought people in.

"Fourth Miss."

Aunt Tian saluted respectfully, and Ye Jingzhao raised her hand and pointed to the empty chair on the side, motioning for her to sit down.

"Fourth Miss, the slave maid accidentally heard something and wanted to ask what Fourth Miss meant."

Aunt Tian's expression was calm.

Ye Jingzhao raised his eyes and motioned for her to go down.

"A few days ago, Mama Cui sent someone to send something to the second lady, and the slave maid heard that the third master was secretly looking for Mama Cui, so she thought about sending the news to the fourth lady."

Aunt Tian told me the details of the events of that day.

At the end, he looked embarrassed, and finally spoke up and asked, "Fourth Miss, the slave maid heard that Master Mu went out of Kyoto a few days ago to run errands, but I don't know if it was for the affairs of Fu'an County?" ”

Ye Jingzhao's eyes were pale, "Aunt Tian, I don't know about this." ”

Seeing that the fourth lady's face was slightly gloomy, Aunt Tian turned her head to look at Xiangruo.

Obviously, the news was probably learned from Xiangruo.

Xiangruo looked flustered, turned her head to look at the fourth lady, and looked embarrassed and struggling.

"Fourth Miss, it's the slave's fault, the slave ......"

Xiangruo fell to her knees abruptly, and the tips of her fingers slammed into the blanket beneath her.

Gritted his teeth, and his heart was ruthless, "If there is no Fourth Miss, the slaves and maids are afraid that they will freeze to death and starve to death in the mountains and forests, and the corpses will probably be eaten up by fierce beasts, and the slaves and maids will not dare to hide from the Fourth Miss." ”

"The slave maid heard that Master Mu went out of Kyoto, and I heard that Master Mu went to Fu'an County."

"That's when I thought about it, and I cheekily begged Miss Four."

Xiangruo's eyes were red from crying, and her body trembled.

Ye Jingzhao stepped forward, leaned over, and stretched out his hand to pull Xiangruo up.

"What's the matter, you tell me first, where did you know, Master Mu went to Fu'an County, I don't even know about this, where did you know."

Ye Jingzhao's eyes fell on Aunt Tian.

Then he saw the two of them staring at each other.

Xu is heart made a decision, and Aunt Tian immediately knelt down.

It turned out that one night, when the second master stayed in Aunt Tian's house, he was already drunk because of his own food.

In the evening, I was dazed and whispered something out.

The second master secretly scolded the second prince for being a waste.

even scolded Master Mu, saying that he went to Fu'an County to investigate some cases.

He also said that Master Mu would definitely not return to Kyoto alive.

The prince also secretly went to Fu'an County.

After the red dates sent Aunt Tian away, Ye Jingzhao carefully pondered the words and sentences that Aunt Tian said.

Squeak.

"Who."

Ye Jingzhao's cold light swept to the door of the room, and his voice was stern.

Under the faint candle flame, the fragrance is solemn.

Seeing that it was Xiangruo, his vigilant heart gradually relaxed.

"Fourth Miss, slave maid ......"

"The slave maid has something, and I want to ask the fourth lady to transfer it to Master Mu."

Xiangruo took a deep breath, walked up to the fourth lady step by step, took out the booklet wrapped in a handkerchief from her arms, and handed it over.

Ye Jingzhao took it and didn't open it, but stared at Xiangruo calmly, "Xiangruo, this thing, do you know that it will kill me." ”

"Fourth Miss, the slave knows that you are kind-hearted, and the slave and maid have no way, and now I heard that Master Mu went to Fu'an County, and the slave and maid thought that this booklet may be able to do some help."

"Fourth Miss, the slave knows that you have a good heart, and in the future, the slave and maid will die for the fourth lady, and they are all willing."

Xiangruo kowtowed solemnly.

Ye Jingzhao did not signal her to get up.

He raised his hand and took the booklet from the table, turning through the pages.

Although he looked calm on his face, he was already turbulent in his heart.

In this booklet, it is the silver tael of the boss's greedy ink that Lord Tian of Fu'an County secretly recorded.

In recent years, the government has reduced or reduced taxes, the disaster relief funds issued by the imperial court during famines, and the funds for flood control over the years.

A pen and a pen are all recorded in detail and clearly, over the years, from Kyoto to Fu'an County, layers of officials.

The stolen money of the greedy ink is two million taels of silver.

Tian Daren collected the evidence one by one.

I wanted to secretly go to Beijing to sue.

Unexpectedly, when it was discovered that the niece of the cousin's family in Kyoto was forcibly occupied by the second master of Chengenbo Mansion.

This grievance made him send a complaint to Kyoto.

Unexpectedly, he was suppressed by the second master of Chengenbo Mansion.

A little bit of embezzlement of money was deducted.

Lord Tian knew that Xu was suspicious of him by his boss, so he wanted to replace his boss in the corruption case by himself in the name of the second master of Chengenbo Mansion.

It's just that the Tian family didn't find any stolen money and valuables.

The boss couldn't bear to spit out the money in his hand.

The case has been pressed.

After Xiangruo left, Ye Jingzhao put the booklet left by Xiangruo in one place with the booklet that Mu Yanzong handed over to him.

Unexpectedly, her second uncle really didn't disappoint her.

Originally, I thought that the second uncle must have been corrupt in secret, but I didn't expect that it had reached such a point, and the black hands had penetrated into places like Fu'an County.

What about Yazhou County, the prefecture over there.

On the second day, Ye Jingzhao went to Jiang's house.

Miss Jiang told her all the things that her second aunt asked for when she returned to her parents' house yesterday.

"And what about your grandmother in the end?"

Jiang Yilian pursed her lips, her eyes were full of mockery, "My grandmother is naturally unwilling, and Concubine Jiang Shu said on the spot that Cousin Jingyun will give birth to a grandson in the future, and she will go to the imperial village outside the city to live for the rest of her life." ”

"What about you, what do you think?"

Ye Jingzhao stretched out his hand to hold Jiang Yilian's hand, and saw her lower her eyes and hide the sorrow in her eyes.

Sullen in my heart.

Jiang Yilian shook her head and smiled bitterly, "I naturally don't want to join in this fun, it's just that I want to see if Cousin Jingyun can completely mess up my marriage with the second prince." ”

(End of chapter)