Those discussions in the streets and alleys spread back to the Xie family, the old lady was angry and smashed two tea cups.
Their district Xie family, the lady in charge, even if she was sick and died, it wouldn't be a big deal, mainly because Yun Chu's identity was too special.
The first daughter of the first-grade general's house, the pearl that once crowned the capital, how many people were close to breaking through the threshold of the cloud house to beg for marriage back then, and how many people are now staring at the Xie family's backyard.
"She is clearly well, who spread the word that she is dying of illness?" The old lady said in a deep voice, "The subordinates in this house are increasingly unable to keep their mouths shut."
I don't know who spread the word about He's poisoning Aunt Tao last time.
These two things together were widely rumored, making it seem as if their Xie family's backyard was particularly messy.
As the old saying goes, if a house is not swept, how can it be swept, and if a man who can't even manage the women in his backyard is not good enough, will the court allow him to be promoted?
Mother Zhou hesitated for a moment or two before saying, "Ever since madam got sick, the big things and small things in the mansion have all been Missy's idea, and it is indeed a bit of a mess."
"Could it be that our Xie family can't get things done without the mother of the house?" The old lady said in a cold voice, "Mother Zhou, you call out to Sister Ping'er, I have to personally ask about the big and small matters of the birthday banquet, and I must not leave anyone talking."
Mother Zhou led the way.
The sky had cleared up in the past few days, the flowers in the Sheng Residence were in full bloom, and Yun Chou was sitting in the flower hall reading a book.
Listen to the frost came to report: "Miss just followed the lady housekeeper sent down the house of the granny boy, those grannies are very disobedient to Miss, as long as it is Miss commanded by the errand, ten points only to do seven points, the house a mess, but the slave girl heard, the old lady intends to personally ask about the birthday banquet."
Yunchu smiled.
There are only three days until the birthday banquet, all the preparations have been made, even if the old lady asks, it won't change anything.
"Uncle Chen gave He Xu four or five stores in the Xie family to take care of." Listening to Frost continued, "This time, the things needed for Missy's birthday banquet are all for He Xu to procure, that He Xu is really bold, the slave girl casually counted the accounts and figured out that he had embezzled at least four hundred taels of silver."
Even Yunchu can not help but smack his lips, the old lady also gave three thousand two silver to do birthday banquet, He Xu swallowed four hundred two, in the middle of this must also have other subordinates greedy ink, this swallowed thirty or forty two, that take seventeen or eighteen two, counting down, there can be two thousand two silver used in the birthday banquet even if it is good.
"This He Xu has taken quite a bit of the silver that he has misappropriated and given it to the one in the small temple." Listening to Frost whispered, "He has injuries on his body, and has recently settled down quite a bit."
Yun Chu's face smiled even more, "Then let her rest for a few days."
Wait a few more days, and He won't have such a clean slate.
Listening to Frost already knew what Yun Chou was going to do, her brows were shrouded in worry: "Ma'am, do you really want to do this?"
Yunchu took Listening Frost's hand, "After five years of marrying into the Xie family, do you think I've ever been truly happy?"
Listen to Frost shake his head.
The first month she was married in, the lady was longing for her heart, then she was treated coldly by the adults, then the child died, and the lady never smiled from her heart again.
Over the years, Mrs.'s life has been day to day, seemingly peaceful, but with no hope in sight.
In the recent past, she had finally seen a different look in the lady's eyes.
She was worried about Mrs.
She was afraid that something would happen to make the lady's life more difficult.
"Hearing Frost, you and I are the same age, it's time to marry." Yunchu looked at her tenderly, "If you have a favorite, just tell me, if you don't have a favorite, I will find you a loyal and honest ... man."
"Madam!" Listening Frost knelt down in fear, "The slave girl will not marry, the slave girl will stay by your side and serve you for the rest of her life."
Yunchu pulled her up.
Regardless of whether or not Hearing Frost was married, she couldn't keep Hearing Frost in the Xie Mansion.
To come back to a new life, no one knows whether the tragedy will repeat, she is afraid to listen to the frost once again died in the Xie House of that monstrous fire ...
As the sky gradually darkened, the maid brought up the evening meal.
Although Yunchu didn't care about things now, she was at least the mother of the house, and neither Xie Ping nor the grannies underneath dared to withhold her food.
Is eating, suddenly the front yard uproar, listen to the wind from the outside ran in to report: "Mrs., not good, the southeast side of the small door there suddenly appeared thieves, all the mansion boys and maids went to catch people."
Yunchu's brows furrowed.
She had been in charge for four or five years, and all the doors of the Xie Mansion were well defended, and nothing so outrageous had ever happened.
She commanded, "Guard the door of the Pithouse, and don't go out for anything."
The sky was already completely dark, because the front yard had caused the matter of the thieves, causing some people to be on tenterhooks.
However, Shengju has Qiutong in the house, her kung fu yard maids have seen it, Qiutong to the door, the crowd will be a lot more at ease.
After waiting for a long time, the front yard came to the news, said did not find any thieves, all the houses are not abnormal, as an oops, but Yunchu did not careless, let the subordinates in groups of three, Qiutong lead, all night in the yard patrol.
After bathing, Yun Chu walked into the inner room and sat down in front of the dressing table.
Listening to the snow carefully removed her hairpiece and combed her hair straight before she bowed her head and retreated, closing the door gently behind her.
Yunchu sat on the edge of the bed, took off her shoes and lay down on the bed, pulled the quilt next to her and was about to cover her body when she suddenly realized that something was wrong.
She held her breath and heard the sound of shallow, unearthly breathing.
For a moment, her mind was in her throat.
Carefully sitting up, she reached under her pillow and fished out a short knife.
It was a maturity gift from her grandfather, with her name engraved on it, and it was so sharp that she gripped the hilt in one hand and violently lifted the covers with the other.
The moment the blade swung past, her hand froze in place.
"Why you?"
Under the quilt, surprisingly, was a powdered child.
It's the youngest son of the Pingxi royal family.
"You woman, how dare you hold a sword against me, if you hurt a hair on my head, my father will not spare you!"
Yun Chou tugged at the corner of her lips.
She put the knife away and spoke, "If your father knew that you sneaked into someone's bedroom in the middle of the night, he probably wouldn't let you off the hook either."
Chu Hongyu grunted, "If I hadn't heard that you were dying of illness, I wouldn't have come, what a good heart for a donkey's liver and lungs."
The little guy wrapped his arms around his chest and turned his back, only letting Yun Chou see one side of his puffy cheeks.
Yun Chou's heart instantly melted.
It turned out that the boy had heard that she was sick and had taken such a risk to sneak into Xie's house.
In detail, they didn't have much of a deep friendship, and it was a blessing for her to be able to make this child think so much about her.
Perhaps it was because of the dream that day, when her own son's face turned into the face of the little worldly son, which made Yunchu develop a natural affinity for the boy.
She couldn't help but reach out with her finger and poke the child in the face.
Chu Hongyu was usually most annoyed when someone pinched his cheeks, even if it was his royal grandfather.
But now, surprisingly, there was no sense of revulsion, and even a desire for the woman to poke again.
Yun Chu knew the reasoning behind stopping at the right time, and after poking it for a bit, she withdrew her hand and spoke, "I've recovered from my illness, and there's nothing for you to do if you look at me, so I'll have someone send you back to the royal residence."
The little one's eyes widened.
He's just arrived and this woman is going to kick him out, it's so unconscionable.
He was about to speak when footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.