The little daughter-in-law of the palace

Chapter 74
He sent someone to check the situation that day, and the daughter took her younger brother to Meiqiu to play, accompanied by two maids arranged by her mother.Because the guards did not follow in the Hou Mansion, only the master and servant knew how the daughter fell.After the daughter's accident, the Zhou family took the two maids back. Fang said they sent them away, and they must have killed the two maids.Since they were going to die, it meant that they didn't find anything, otherwise they would definitely leave him for interrogation, and Zhou Yin and his wife were honest people, and they wouldn't threaten the servant girl to plant someone and kill him, as punishment for not taking good care of their daughter.

The maid died, and his daughter couldn't remember, so he could only ask his son.Asking on the mountain, the son may remember better, and if there is anything unclear, you can also point it out to him.

Ah Xun is so easy to fool, when he heard that his father wanted to avenge his favorite sister, he immediately stopped objecting and hugged his father to urge him to leave quickly.

Hanzhu followed behind with complicated emotions.

The plum blossoms are brilliant and fragrant all the way, but no one is interested in enjoying the scenery at this time.

Chu Qing carried his son directly to the top of the mountain. The slope of Meiqiu was gentle, and the top was only more than ten feet high from the ground.

"Second uncle." Seeing their family of three, Chu Huai and Chu Rong quickly came out of the octagonal pavilion to say hello. The third wife followed behind with a smile on her face, and said to Chu Qing, "It's a coincidence that the second brother also brought their siblings along. Are you two here to admire the plum blossoms?"

Ah Xun hurriedly said: "I want to avenge my sister!" Pointing to the cliff in front of him, he said angrily and wronged: "My sister fell from there." Thinking of her sister walking there, she suddenly disappeared, Ah Xun He lay on his father's shoulder and began to cry.

The third wife and mother immediately understood that Chu Qing was here to investigate the case.

Chu Rong looked at Hanzhu, saw her lowered her eyes, seemed scared and sad, she moved her mouth, but in the end she couldn't say a word of comfort, she stood beside her mother silently, her thoughts turned.If someone really wants to harm Chu Han, Aunt Xia's mother and daughter are the most suspicious, but firstly, only four of Chu Han were on the mountain that day, and secondly, Chu Man is small, so she should not be so vicious. She is a fool, harming the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion will not do her any good, and it is impossible for others to immediately suspect that she is still doing stupid things knowing that something happened to Chu Man's sister and brother.

It wasn't Aunt Xia, no matter how harsh Chu Han was to the servant girl in the yard, she would just scold her a few words, and it wouldn't make people hate her so much that they wanted to kill her.

So, this incident was really just an accident, right?
Fortunately, Chu Han was fine.

Taking another look at Hanzhu, Chu Rong suddenly didn't hate her so much. In fact, she is also a poor person, isn't she?
"I just made a pot of plum tea, big sister, go and drink a cup to warm up your body?" Chu Rong walked to Han Zhu's side and invited her softly.

"Go." Chu Qing nodded towards Hanzhu, worried about revisiting the old place, and her daughter was afraid.

Hanzhu went to the pavilion with Chu Rong.

Chu Huai watched the two younger sisters enter the pavilion, and then looked at the other side of the cliff, frowning.He had heard a lot of secrets in the back house, the mistress framed the concubine, the concubine plotted against the mistress, and there was even more excitement among the brothers and sisters.Neither the eldest uncle nor the father had a concubine room, but the most capable second uncle had a lot of women in his yard, and something happened.As a junior, he doesn't know what the inside story is, but he usually gets along with Chu Hong, and he doesn't seem to be a bad person.

Seeing Chu Qing walking towards the front with Ah Xun in his arms, Chu Huai thought about it and followed.

The third lady told them with all her heart: "Be careful, don't get too close to the edge."

Chu Qing stopped one step away from the edge of the cliff, the soles of his boots crushed the dry grass on the side, and asked Ah Xun, "Sister came here by herself? Where is Ah Xun?"

Ah Xun didn't dare to look down, leaned on his father's shoulder, pointed at the pavilion and said, "It's over there."

"Then sister, did you say why you came here?" Chu Qing winked at his nephew, turned and walked back.

Ah Xun shook his head, "I want to come too, but my sister won't let me."

"What about Zishan and Zihu?" Chu Qing squatted down, looked into his son's eyes and asked.

Zishan and Zihu are Chu Han's two maidservants, Ah Xun liked them quite a bit, blinking his eyes and said: "Zishan is holding me, Zihu wants to go, sister won't let her out of the pavilion, and then sister will I fell..." I cried again.

Chu Qing patted his son's head and sighed in his heart. It seems that his daughter really slipped by accident, but she didn't sit in a good pavilion, and insisted on going to such a dangerous place. What was she thinking?
Looking at Tingzi and meeting her daughter's worried face, Chu Qing forced a smile.

Chu Huai retreated to her mother, saw that her mother's face was not very good-looking, and knew that her mother felt sorry for her cousin, so she explained in a low voice: "It was indeed accidentally dropped, mother, stop thinking about it." Mother caring about cousins ​​is kind-hearted For this reason, if you insist on making trouble with Aunt Xia, you are asking for trouble.

The third lady nodded, and said to Chu Qing: "Then the second brother will accompany the children to enjoy the plum blossoms. In the afternoon, my sister-in-law invited me to discuss the list of seventeen banquets. I will go and prepare first."

Every year from the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month to the Lantern Festival on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, it is the most frequent time for nobles and nobles in the capital to move about. Years ago, it was not only a festival, but also a celebration for Chu Qing and Chu Yuan's meritorious service.Besides, Chu Qing is here, as a younger sibling, she should avoid it.

Chu Qing nodded, and carried Ah Xun to the pavilion to find his sister.

After the matter was settled, Chu Huai regained his relaxed appearance, and sat down next to Chu Qing, teasing Ah Xun with a playful smile.

There were bursts of laughter on the mountain, floating down far away.

At the foot of the mountain, the third lady looked back, and the afternoon sun was setting on her face, which blurred her eyes and prevented others from seeing the emotion in her eyes.

Seeing the corners of her mouth curled up, her servant girl smiled and said, "Our second young master and third young lady are the best at making fun."

The third lady didn't answer, turned and left.

(End of this chapter)