good wife

Chapter 65: Secret investigation of Yu’s family (2)
After Jingyi washed up again, she sat down at the dining table.Because Jingyi was eating alone, only two appetizers were served as appetizers.There are four main dishes, two meat and two vegetarian.

Jingyi took a look and asked, "Didn't mother call me to have dinner with her today?"

Nanny He replied: "Today, Lord Hou and Madam are at the old man's place, and they are having dinner with the old man."

Jingyi nodded, thinking, the three of them should be discussing some important matter.

Jingyi picked up a small cucumber pickled by Hou Fu himself, and took a bite, "This tastes good. Let the dining room prepare some more in the evening."

Begonia, who was cooking for Jing Yi, said with a smile: "Miss hasn't used much in the past two days. I must have not eaten well when I went to the palace banquet last night, so the servant girl asked the dining room to prepare two light dishes. Miss, have an appetizer."

Jingyi said with a smile: "Hai Tang looks more and more like Nanny He."

He Nanny smiled and said: "So, the servants are relieved. Miss, the eldest lady picked a few pieces of ordinary materials from the storeroom and took them away. Two pieces of pink and two pieces of dark green. You said that she really just wanted to give The people from Sanfang only come here to do embroidery?"

Jingyi nodded, "Let her go. How did she react after entering the warehouse?"

Mother He covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled: "The young lady was stunned when she entered the warehouse. Especially when she saw the most conspicuous mother-of-pearl full-length mirror, the young lady couldn't move her eyes away."

Haitang continued: "Naturally! The queen's niece Bai Min'er doesn't have such a luxurious thing! It is estimated that in the whole abyss, except for the queen, only our lady has one."

"That's right, this full-length mirror is two feet high even with the base, right? Coupled with the emerald jewels inlaid on it, it can dazzle people! No wonder she was dumbfounded!"

Jingyi wiped the corner of her mouth and said lightly: "Then what else did she do?"

Upon hearing this, Mother He stopped smiling and said disdainfully, "Miss looked around for a while, and then said that she twisted her foot and asked the servant to call her maid to come in. The servant could tell what she was thinking at a glance. .So I went out on purpose, and then hid outside to see what the hell she was doing?"

Haitang asked urgently: "Did you see it? Don't you mean stealing something?"

Jingyi shook her head, "She's not that stupid, let's listen to Nanny He first." After speaking, she signaled Nanny He to continue.

Then Nanny He continued: "Miss opened several boxes one after another and kept rummaging for something. But she didn't take anything away. It seems that she is looking for something important?"

Jingyi picked up the soup bowl and drank a few sips, a sneer flashed in her eyes, my good sister, can I finally hold back?Or that person has no sons to use, so he pushed you out in a hurry?

Seeing that there was no surprise on Jingyi's face, Madam He knew that all of this was within Miss' expectations!Miss is so young, her thoughts are so exquisite, I am afraid that the eldest lady will be tricked by her again!
Jingyi finished her lunch and rested for an hour, then she was urged by Madam He to go to Dongkua courtyard.

Because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Madam Hong had a few days off, and there was something else going on in the mansion this morning, so classes started in the afternoon.

Sister Hong asked Jingyi and Jingwei to practice sitting posture and several saluting postures today.They practiced until the sun was in the west, and Madam Hong let them go back.

"I heard from Mother He that my sister picked two colors of material?" Jing Yi asked with a smile.

"Yes. I was afraid it would not be enough, but now it seems that there should be some leftover material."

"That's the case, then Yiyi will be annoying, you can make me a purse too!"

Jing was taken aback for a moment, and quickly smiled and said, "What's so difficult about it? I'll finish it later and send it to you, as long as my sister doesn't think the things my sister made are ugly."

"My sister's embroidery skills are hundreds of times better than Yiyi's, how could she be ugly?"

The two walked for a while talking and laughing, and then went to their own yards.

After Jingyi walked for a while, she turned around and looked at Jingwei's back who had not gone far, her eyes flickered with uncertain light.Sister, you are different from Third Uncle and the others. After all, you are my own sister. Although you are not from the same mother, you are from the same father!I don't have to worry about what you hurt me before, I just hope you can do it yourself in the future, don't make it difficult for me!
At night, there is a cool breeze, and the sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the yard also waft bursts of fragrance!Jingyi concentrates on practicing calligraphy, and is oblivious to everything around her.

It wasn't until Jingyi used up half of the finger-thick rice paper on the table that she stopped, put down the pen, picked up the teacup, and was about to put it in the mouth when she heard a pleasant male voice: "Don't drink it!" , it's getting cold."

Only then did Jing Yi realize that Yuan Xi was also in her room, and looked around, but Liu Xing'er lay motionless on the table.Shaking his head and putting down the teacup: "You are always like this, why can't you be gentler?"

Yuan Xi chuckled, "You love them more than yourself!"

Jingyi rolled his eyes at him, "They are mine, I don't feel sorry for them, but you are the ones who feel sorry for them? How did the investigation go?"

Yuan Xi threw the things on the table, leaned against the window, and said lazily: "This is all the information I can find. Why are you suddenly thinking about the Yu family? Could it be that you suspect the old woman?"

Jingyi looked up at him after reading the information in her hand: "Don't you think that the old lady is too contradictory and too mysterious?"

"Huh? Let's hear it!"

"The old lady entered the mansion at the age of 17. She was the daughter of a small family. Just because their grandfather helped their family back then, they insisted on marrying their daughter to him as a concubine! How many parents in this world would be willing to marry her?" Is my daughter a concubine? She is not allowed to enter the family tree for life, and is not allowed to enter the ancestral grave after death! According to my grandfather's inadvertent mention, it was only a small favor to the Yu family back then, which can be said to be a small effort. It’s just a big gift to thank each other, so why is it taking my daughter’s life? Don’t you think this is too far-fetched?”

Yuan Xi nodded when he heard the words, "I didn't think of this, it seems that you are still thinking carefully!"

Jingyi frowned lightly, and said: "Not only that, but also what you found! This Wu family has been a commoner for several generations, and it was only when the old lady's father started to become an official. Gao, the old lady's father was only a seventh-rank editor back then, and the old lady's elder brother was just a small official from the seventh rank before, and now he is at home. Judging from the family background, there are at least tens of thousands of taels of silver! How did their family's wealth accumulate in this way? Is it only because the old lady later took it from the father or grandfather when she became the second wife?"

Yuan Xi's expression was very serious at this time! "It seems that this Wu family is not simple!"

(End of this chapter)