Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 361 Secrets of the Flower Garden ([-])

Lady Han knelt on the carpet and kowtowed to greet Ann, and Yao Cunhui smiled and ordered her to get up and reply, "You said you have something important to report, so tell me, what is it?"

Mrs. Han licked her dry lips, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a loud throat, forced a smile and raised the corner of her eyes to glance at Rong Ma.

"Mother Rong is my nanny, you don't have to be taboo if you have anything to say!" Yao Cunhui said lightly.

"Yes," Lady Han nodded, rubbing her hands unnaturally, and carefully glanced at Yao Cunhui. She hesitated for a while before she said with difficulty: "Princess, since this servant has discovered this, I dare not hide it." Wangfei, but, but this matter has nothing to do with slaves, please pay attention to it! Also please don't tell people that this matter was discovered by slaves!"

"Speak quickly if you have anything to say, the princess will make the decision!" Rong Ma frowned slightly.The minions below here are not good at this point, and they didn't say anything for a long time!

"The servant and the servant's man dug up a corpse in the northwest corner of the flower garden!" Lady Han's voice trembled, and she knelt down with a "plop", trembling uncontrollably.

"What!" Both Yao Cunhui and Rong's mother were taken aback, and their expressions changed drastically.

Dig up the corpses in the garden!

"What's going on, you'll find out slowly!" Rong Ma quickly slowed down her voice.

Mrs. Han has already opened her mouth, and the next words are not so difficult, so she nodded and gasped: "The man of the servant said a few days ago that he would dig a pond in a wasteland in the northwest corner to wash the seedlings. In the afternoon, a corpse was dug out, yes, it looked like a woman! Fortunately, he was the only one working there yesterday afternoon, and he was terrified, so he quickly buried it. When he went back, he told the servant that the servant was also scared. It’s bad, the servants and servants didn’t sleep all night last night, I think we should tell the princess to know!”

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Han bowed her head on the ground and did not dare to move. Her forehead and face were covered with cold sweat, and her back was drenched with sweat!

Rong Ma couldn't help but be terrified, since this happened in the Zhenxi Palace, then seven out of ten people who died were from the Zhenxi Palace.I don't know which year, which unlucky girl or daughter-in-law it is.

Yao Cunhui forced herself to calm down, nodded after a moment of pondering: "You guys did a good job! It's just that you should have reported to me last night for such a big matter. You have to know that there are so many people in this house. Coincidentally, someone saw something, and if someone with a heart who knows the inside story finds out, I'm afraid you will be silenced before you come to me today!"

Lady Han's face turned pale, and she said in a trembling voice: "Princess, save the servant, save the servant! The servant and the servant don't know anything!"

"Don't worry," Yao Cunhui said lightly, "Since you have come to tell me, I will take care of you. It's a new year, and it's not auspicious to say this. Go back and look after that place, and find a reason to stop your work first." , don’t let people get close! The rest, I have my own ideas! Don’t panic, everyone knows that this matter must have nothing to do with you. If you come out, people will say that you are guilty of thieves!"

"Yes, yes, this servant understands!" Mrs. Han raised her sleeves and wiped the sweat from her forehead and face, her heart pounding so fast that she couldn't stop beating.

Yao Cunhui comforted her with good words again, and ordered Rong's mother to give her five taels of silver, so that Xiao Xing sent her out as usual.

"Princess, according to this old slave, we have to report to my wife!" Rong Ma said in a low voice.

The inner house is private, and Yao Cunhui has no initiative at all when he is new to this kind of thing. Only Mrs. Xiao can guess the inside story.

"It's not too late, let's go to Yanshunju now." Yao Cunhui nodded.

Mrs. Xiao heard Yao Cunhui say this, her pupils constricted suddenly and her eyes flickered, but the expression on her face was more surprise than surprise, and then she exchanged a look with Mama Li.

Mother Li said to Yao Cunhui: "This matter started more than four years ago. I remember that in the spring of that year, the mansion picked a group of servant girls from Zhuangzi to serve in the mansion, and one of them named Qiuhong happened to be assigned to Ronghe Hall. Cough, I heard that the second master took a fancy to Qiuhong not long ago and wanted to take her as a concubine, but later I heard that Qiuhong was unwilling to escape! The mansion also sent people to search everywhere, but there was no result. After a long time, this matter will not be resolved. At that time, the wife and the old slave felt strange that Qiuhong was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was a little girl who had grown up in the village and had never seen the world. How could she have the ability to escape so easily? After leaving the house, people can’t find her! Her mother is still in our family’s Zhuangzi, crying like tears. The old slave has been monitored for a long time, and she has never gone back to her family! Now it’s said Come on, the corpse in the wasteland of the flower garden may be Qiuhong!"

Seeing that Yao Cunhui still had doubts, Mama Li smiled and continued: "Princess Wang is really a meticulous person! The reason why this old slave dared to make such a guess is because I saw her in front of Qiuhong before she ran away. Crying secretly in the garden, the old slave also saw scars on her hands and arms, and she refused to tell her if she asked her, and she would only cry when she asked her again. When the second lady was mentioned, her face was full of horror. Qiu When Hong disappeared for a day or two, the old slave took care. The second wife happened to send Guan Pozi to take someone to the flower garden to get a batch of flower seedlings to transplant in the garden. I bought a batch of sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings and asked people to look at them carefully, saying that they would be transplanted into the garden after a few years. After a few months, the Guan Pozi and several servants in the house committed crimes and were kicked out. Unfortunately, at that time Although the old slave felt that these things were a bit strange, he didn't think about them! After a long time, the matter of Qiuhong faded, and no one paid attention to it! The sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings were transplanted into the garden at the beginning of last year. The piece of land was vacated, and Mrs. Han and his wife wanted to use it again, but they didn't want to find out the clues, so it can be seen that the sky net is not leaking!"

"It turns out that it's because of your care, Mama Li, that you connected so many things together. That being said, that corpse is Qiuhong!" Yao Cunhui nodded, sighing inwardly.I didn't expect Xue to be so vicious and bold.He killed someone, but he was dealt with in the mansion.

"[-]% can't be wrong," Xue Shi also nodded.

For a moment, the three of them felt a little emotional.

"Mother, what do you think we should do about this?" Yao Cunhui raised his head and asked.

Mrs. Xiao smiled slightly, and asked back, "According to your wishes?"

Yao Cunhui thought for a while and said: "It's still in the first month of the month. If something like this happens, it will be neither auspicious nor good-looking, and the old lady will feel uncomfortable. According to the daughter-in-law's wishes, first let Mrs. Han and the others take care of themselves." Look at that place and talk about it after the Spring Festival. However, I’m afraid it’s not that easy to get someone to confess with just a corpse! As Yili’s mother said, the slave who handled this matter has long since known whether he is dead or alive, and where he is living. , the daughter-in-law is stupid, and she can't think of any good way at the moment."

Mrs. Xiao laughed after hearing this: "It's already very thoughtful for you to think of these things! You don't know your second aunt's temper, so naturally you don't know what to do! You can leave this matter alone, you go back and tell Mrs. Han and his wife, There are still a batch of sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings planted on the ground, and they will be planted now! Just say that you like sweet-scented osmanthus and want to cultivate some good-looking sweet-scented osmanthus and put them in pots in the yard!"

Yao Cunhui's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but feel admiration.Although she doesn't understand Mrs. Xue's temperament as well as Mrs. Xiao, she can see the general direction.Mrs. Xue likes to seize power, strives for power, and is easily suspicious. Madam Xiao asked her to order someone to replant sweet-scented osmanthus trees on the land and spread the word intentionally or unintentionally. Mrs. Xue would definitely feel uneasy.She will be uneasy, so she must see what happened!At that time, there will naturally be a chance to grab her tail!
"Mom, why don't we spread some rumors behind our backs..."

"That's exactly my idea!" Mrs. Xiao couldn't help clapping her hands, looked at her appreciatively, and said with a smile, "Leave this matter to Mama Li, and you don't have to worry about it! My second younger brother and sister, I'm afraid that at night I can't sleep well!"

"Ma'am, don't worry, this old slave will take care of it properly!" Li's mother smiled knowingly.

Seeing this, Yao Cunhui got up and said, "The daughter-in-law will go back and ask someone to inform Mrs. Han!" Mrs. Xiao nodded and watched her go.

As soon as they heard that the princess wanted sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings, the lady Han and his wife didn't dare to neglect them, so they got nearly a hundred from the gardener at noon the next day.When the kitchen was going out to buy, they happened to come back, and they chatted with each other.

The kitchen purchaser is a good tonguer, and then he started talking in the kitchen, saying that the princess wanted sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings, and Mrs. Han and his wife rushed to get them back early in the morning regardless of the season and weather. The appearance of her is really disgusting, and she even took her to show off the purse and silver hairpin rewarded by the princess. She has never seen the world!The maids and women in the kitchen made fun of her for being jealous.

The kitchen was originally the distribution center for news sources in the mansion to share, Xue soon heard a few words from the chatting of the girls around her.Mrs. Xiao didn't think it was enough, she asked Yao Cunhui with a smile when everyone was paying her respects to Old Madam Shen.Yao Cunhui replied yes with a natural smile.Mrs. Xiao laughed at her and said: "You child too, you don't even look at what time it is, winter is not over yet, but you want to bring back some sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings, and tell the servants to listen to the joke!"

Yao Cunhui laughed and said: "My daughter-in-law just said something casually, how could they know that they would do it right away! Anyway, the flower garden is a big place, so we need to cultivate it first. How can the daughter-in-law know the tricks of tending flowers and trees? They love to joke and make jokes." Already!"

What he said made everyone laugh, Madam Xiao also smiled lovingly and shook her head at her.

However, Mrs. Shen has a good memory, and said immediately after hearing the words: "Last year, it seems that a group of osmanthus trees were transplanted from the flower garden to the surrounding Bihanglou, but? I remember seeing a person as tall as I was watching the moon in Bihanglou last year. , there are not many flowers blooming, but the smell is very fragrant! At that time, I was thinking of getting two plants in a large vase and bringing them to the yard, but I forgot about them later!"

(End of this chapter)