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Chapter 19
Episode 019

Old Master Xue was furious when he heard his elder son Xue Ziyou talk about Xue Dongwan in the outer courtyard.

His old friend, Duke Du, the third-generation and second-class general of Fengguo, came to visit today. Mr. Hou Xue originally planned to have dinner in the outer courtyard before going back to the inner courtyard.Shizi's servant went to find him, he left Du Guogong behind, and met Shizi in the study outside, the two exchanged a few words, then Old Master Xue jumped up and went straight back to Rongde Pavilion.

"Check it out for me, if I can't find out the reason, no one in the fifth room should live!" The old Hou Ye and the old lady confirmed that Xue Dongwan had hanged himself, immediately brushed the teacup on the ground, held the corner of the kang table with one hand, and pinched it tightly. The veins on the back of the hand popped out.

The old lady was silent, she understood the old man's temper, whatever she said at this time would only add fuel to the flames, let him vent his emotions, it would not be too late to persuade him.

For a long time, the old Hou Ye's hands holding the Kang table stopped shaking, and the thunderous anger on his cheeks also faded by [-] to [-]%. He closed his eyes in grief, trying to calm down his rage.

The old lady handed him the Ru kiln tea cup with bat patterns in relief.

Entering the warm tea, the strong fragrance of Tieguanyin lingers between the lips and teeth, and the slightly sweet-like bitter tea soaks in the internal organs, making people feel inexplicably peaceful, and the old Hou Ye is really calm.

"It's up to me to keep this matter secret, and only the first and fifth rooms know about it." The old lady's voice sounded like snow on the tops of plum trees in winter. Haunting, disturbing sister Shu in the middle of the night. Send it to Jingyuan Nunnery, and let Director Ge help take care of her funeral. After half a year, if she dies of illness, I will hold a funeral for her, and ask Buddhist monks and Taoist priests to save her. She was in vain for 14 years in the Xue residence..."

In the end, she spoke more and more slowly, for fear that her voice would be choked up, which would arouse the anger and sorrow of the old Hou Ye again.

After hearing what the old lady said, Old Hou Ye remained silent for a while.

"Don't check?" He looked back suddenly, staring at the old lady closely.

Meeting the sharp eyes of the old marquis, the old lady's expression was calm and persistent: "No investigation! A good girl's house, seeking death for no reason? It will always involve some people and things in the family! Sister Rong, the remaining girls who are waiting to be married are all from the fifth house. As long as there is an investigation, it is inevitable that rumors will be leaked. Once there are rumors, people's words are scary and hateful, and they are not good to the other girls in the fifth house. Sister Yuan, next are Sister Shu, Sister Lin, Sister Yan, Sister Xian..."

But the old Hou Ye heard some voices, his face became gloomy again, and asked the old lady: "Do you know the cause of Sister Wan's death?"

The old lady looked at him fixedly: "Master Hou, I have been in charge of the inner house for you for nearly 45 years. Have you ever seen when a concubine was killed by mistake and when was the wrong one? Don't worry, Lord Hou, I will keep it in my heart." , Sister Wan will not die in vain!"

Old Hou Ye listened, and heaved a long sigh.

"Punish it!" He said sternly, "In our house, we will never find such a tragedy like Miss Wan again!"

The old lady said yes.

The old lady knows more about the inner house than the old Hou Ye, and after so many years, the old Hou Ye knows the old lady's character, and he is very relieved to entrust the full authority of the inner house to her.

Now that the old lady said that she knew it well, the old Hou Ye was relieved to pursue it personally.

But the grief is still hard to contain, it is a living life, it is his granddaughter!He closed his eyes slightly, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were condensed, making him look old.

One of the criteria for the prosperity and decline of a family is the size of the population.It is an omen of misfortune that he will die before he reaches the end.

Old Hou Ye felt sorry for Sister Wan, but also worried about the family.

The court has been so restless recently, he has a kind of fear and exhaustion in the turbulent sea.

On the second day, the old lady handed over a name card and entered the palace to thank her for the reward of the Laba Festival.

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was an answer in the palace. The Empress Dowager summoned Zhenxianhou's wife Yipin to command Zhan's family, and Zhenxianhou's son's wife third-pin Shuren Rong's.

It is also said that the imperial concubine Xue is respectful, sincere and benevolent, but she embraces the scorpion but does it. Now the world is full of auspiciousness, and the emperor's grace is great. She is specially allowed to enter the palace by the daughter of the Xue family, so as to realize the love of the imperial concubine and sister.

In other words, the imperial concubine wants to see her sisters at home. Now that the world is in peace and the world is peaceful and prosperous, the empress dowager's amnesty shows the great grace of the emperor. She understands that the imperial concubine misses her loved ones and allows the daughter of the Xue family to enter the palace to meet.

This is a rule that has not been seen in several dynasties!

The old lady accepted Yi's decree, sent the eunuch who delivered the decree, and asked the young man to go to the gate of the outer courtyard to wait for the old Hou Ye and Shi Zi Ye to come down to court.

On the other hand, she and Mrs. Shizi sat silently in the east room, each holding a hand warmer in their hands, with a slightly disturbed expression.

Any change always leaves people confused and terrified.

Although I can guess what, but it is always a woman in the house, not as accurate as the men. Only when I see the old Hou Ye and Shi Ziye, the old lady will feel at ease.

On the morning of the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Dong Yuan didn't know about the edict passed down by the Forbidden Palace.Another incident happened in her Shicui Pavilion, that is, Juxiang and Luo's mother went out today.

It had been five days since Xue Dongwan committed suicide, and the rumors in the Xue residence became more and more heated.

The Taoyao Pavilion has already been locked, saying that it is haunted by ghosts. Miss Ten was haunted by evil spirits and sent to Jingyuan Nunnery;

Miss Ten's maids and mother-in-law were all sent to Zhuangzi.

Fu Rong, the eldest maid beside Miss Eleven, stayed behind, and Mother Jin, the other eldest maid, Qian Cao, all the rough envoys, maids, and mother-in-law were also sent to the farm.

Everyone couldn't find out anything from the Taolang Pavilion, and they didn't dare to go to the old lady's Rongde Pavilion to inquire about the situation. They all used the excuse of coming to Dongyuan's Shicui Pavilion, which was the closest to the Taolang Pavilion.

Dong Yuan originally planned to let Mother Luo and Ju Xiang go out first on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.

Ju Hong is calmer, and stays until Qiangwei is familiar with the situation in her room, and then promotes a second-class room servant from the rough envoy maids, and then sends her away.

It was only later that Dong Yuan found out that Mrs. Yang left the whole house behind and went back to Uncle Jianheng's mansion.

Now, the rumors became more and more frenzied, saying that the fifth lady returned to her mother's house in dowry clothes, and the old lady drove her away.

What happened to Miss Ten is becoming more and more confusing. If you don't frighten the maids and women in the house, you may say something from Shicui Pavilion, and Mrs. Shizi will blame her, which will cause her to work hard for Ju Hong, Ju Xiang and Luo's mother calculated their future.

Dong Yuan had no choice but to send Ju Xiang and Luo's mother away in advance.

"Miss..." Ju Xiang carried her own baggage, kowtowed to Dong Yuan with tears like rain, and her mother led her back first.

Juxiang's mother is the first-class mother in charge of the kitchen. Her father used to be a servant in the number room, but he always missed the job by drinking, so he was relieved of his work and let his son work in the number room.

Juxiang's elder brother is like her mother, he knows how to make money, he is diligent and clever, he was transferred from the number room to the comprador in a few years, and now he is working as a small manager in Xue's comprador, while her sister-in-law is also a little girl in the laundry room Mother in charge.

Ju Xiangniang is the first-class mother in charge of the kitchen, and she has some knowledge. Dong Yuan first went to her, hinted a few words, and rewarded Ju Xiang with a hairpin with emerald emerald inlaid with rubies and a ruyi cloud green agate hairpin. , she knew that when she led Juxiang back, there was no resentment on her face.

Luo's mother took Dong Yuan's hand and kept saying that sister Yuan should take good care of herself in the future and don't let others bully her, so that Ju Hong and Dong Yuan burst into tears.

Dong Yuan rewarded her with a pair of silver-plated hairpins inlaid with jade and jade tourmalines, but she refused to take them.

Ju Hong persuaded: "Mom, take it, otherwise how can Miss feel better?"

Mother Luo was sobbing and wiping her tears, so she had no choice but to accept a pair of hairpins from Dong Yuan, got up to salute her, and left the Shicui Pavilion.

When Mother Luo and Ju Xiang bid farewell, when Qiangwei knew that they had a good relationship, she said from the bottom of her heart that she was a newcomer and it was inconvenient to be around, so she used the excuse that she didn't take the shoes when she asked the maid in the old lady's room last time. Far away.

After Luo's mother and Ju Xiang left, Ju Hong sternly told the maids in the house that if they gossip, the fate of the people in the Taoqiao Pavilion will be their fate.

The maids and women in Shicui Pavilion are all in danger and dare not speak more.

Mother Luo and Ju Xiang went out, and the old lady rewarded two maids to Miss Jiu. The story spread like wildfire, and since then, no one has come to inquire about the Tao Lan House.

In the evening, Dong Yuan went to greet the old lady.

Mrs. Rong, the second wife, Feng, and Xue Dongrong, the fifth lady, had already sat down around the old lady.

Seeing Dong Yuan coming in, the old lady looked at her with a smile: "Miss Yuan is always the first to come, but today she is late..." She looked very happy.

Dong Yuan saluted everyone with a smile, and said that Ju Xiang and Luo's mother were going out today, she would see them off, and things in the house had to be rearranged, so she came late.

Mrs. Shizi pulled Dong Yuan over first, and hugged her in her arms: "No wonder her eyes are red, she thought she was being bullied by someone, so it's fine. Sister Yuan, let's enter the palace on the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month..."

Dong Yuan was slightly taken aback, what about us?

Which of us?

This us, including her?She is a young lady who has not left the court, how can she enter the palace without a title?
She suddenly thought of her own jade pendant, and there was a chill behind her back, and she couldn't help looking at the old lady.

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The best of the family, each one is more difficult to deal with.

An idle wife has a magical space, so why bother to lower her eyebrows and obey her orders?
Sister should hold her head high and hold her chest high, and be the master of her own happiness!
Those who stand in the way of my sister's happiness, get the hell out of my way, idle wives are not easy to mess with! (chest out)

(End of this chapter)