Painting Tang Jiao

Chapter 34 A Hairpin

I fell into a dead end for a while, and I didn't know what to do. It couldn't be an accident.But if you think about it, it would be considered an accident, and the old ladies and eldest wives probably wouldn't believe it.

The maids and women tried their best to shrink themselves, not daring to make a sound, for fear of offending the old lady and the others.After Qing Huan walked out, she was also exposed to everyone's sight.

Qing Huan kept her head down, her eyes drooping slightly, and because of the night, people couldn't see her expression clearly.

Xia's mother just glanced at it lightly, then looked away.

The old lady was hesitating whether to deal with the accident directly.

"Let's get here first today. This is an event." The old lady was about to announce.

Suddenly heard a scream, the old lady frowned, if she heard correctly, it should be the direction where Qiyatou was standing just now.

Just as she was thinking about it, she saw the eldest wife scolded angrily: "What are you shouting about, you maidservant?"

The eldest lady was definitely upset and rushed her anger towards Linglu who made a sound.

Ling Lu raised her head, her face was a little timid but more angry.

The old lady narrowed her eyes and nodded to Mama Wang.

Ms. Wang walked up to Ling Lu and asked, "What's wrong with you, but do you know what's going on?" Ms. Wang's meaningful words moved Qing Huan's heart.

Fortunately, I have long been mentally prepared for these possible things, and Gu Er looked at Ling Lu with a look of surprise.

Ling Lu opened her mouth and looked at Qing Huan hesitantly.

Seeing her, Ms. Wang pulled Linglu to the old lady's side, then turned around and asked, "Don't be afraid, why did you yell just now. But did you think of anything?"

Mother Wang's body just blocked Qing Huan's sight.

Qing Huan lowered her head and hooked her lips.

"That..." Linglu looked unexpectedly at the gatekeeper woman who had been drinking.

The old lady's eyes flashed, making it impossible to see what she was thinking, so Madam Wang continued to ask questions.

"Don't be nervous, just talk." Mama Wang smiled kindly.

Ling Lu seemed to be comforted and said, "I've seen that person's silver hairpin before."

Except for Qing Huan, none of the people present thought that Ling Lu would talk about this. Everyone looked at the silver hairpin in Ling Lu's mouth when they heard it.

"I remember that this should not be something a woman can afford." Xia's mother said, "Although it's just a silver hairpin, it seems that the style should have been used by the ladies in the capital seven or eight years ago."

Hearing Mama Xia's words, everyone who met her remembered it.

The second wife squinted her eyes for a while, and said, "No, I just said that it looks familiar. It seems that I also have such a silver hairpin of similar shape. But it is also the bottom of the box that has been pressed for a long time."

"Have you ever rewarded a servant?" the old lady asked the eldest lady.

The eldest wife shook her head, she didn't use this silver hairpin back then.

The old lady knew the reason, but in fact, the old lady just asked for nothing.

"I know whose it is?" Ling Lu said.

really.The old lady and the eldest lady looked at each other, and also glanced at the direction where Qing Huan was standing.

"It originally belonged to our third wife, and later it was given to Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu liked it so much, she kept it on her head."

"Then what happened later? Did Aunt Liu give this hairpin to this woman?" Mother Cui asked temptingly.

Ling Lu nodded and shook her head again: "No, when the girl first came to be sick. I remember that one night, Mancao and I fell asleep. Only Aunt Liu was watching, and the girl woke up later. Aunt Liu wanted to raise Some hot water, but the silver hairpin on my head was gone when I came back. The next day, I saw it at a woman in the yard."

"That's right." The eldest lady felt a little unnatural.

This involves her, the mistress, managing the inner house.

Although both the old lady and the second wife are aware of the servants in Qinghuan's courtyard, the eldest lady is still unable to act as if she doesn't know anything when she is stared at by so many people with clear eyes. .

"Old lady, madam, I don't know about this." The old woman with the silver hairpin on her head regretted it very much now, she would have known that she would not have brought the hairpin out, otherwise there would not be so many things.

In fact, when she saw her masters on weekdays, she would also put them away, but today she drank too much wine and there was a sudden fire in the yard, so she forgot about the hairpin in a panic.

"You don't know, where did the hairpin come from?"

"That is. It was given to me by Miss Xuezhu."

snowdrops. .

"I just said, you are uneasy and kind, it really is you." Ruizhu pushed Xuezhu out.

Xuezhu unsteadily fell on the old lady.

The woman supported Fu Xuezhu, and lowered her head embarrassedly.

Xuezhu stabilized herself, knelt down and said, "Old lady, eldest lady. This hairpin was indeed a gift from me, but it was because a woman respected it after going to Seventh Miss's yard. I didn't know about this hairpin at the time. I just thought it was an ordinary hairpin and took it away."

Xuezhu looked at the proud Ruizhu, and suddenly said angrily: "If you say that I have selfish intentions, I will admit it. But Ruizhu's words are absolutely not acceptable."

Xue Zhu glanced at Qing Huan apologetically and continued: "I don't want to stay with Seventh Miss. Everyone knows that it's not a good place to go there. When I was assigned, I had the opportunity to go to Second Miss's yard, but Rui Beads have to go. At first, I was also indifferent, but because of the second girl's dowry embroidery, I was able to be with the second girl again. I admit that it was indeed selfish, and I didn't want to go back after staying for a long time, so I gave it to the second girl. Mother-in-law Zanzi, because she is the gatekeeper, I want her to help keep an eye on Ruizhu, and if she finds something wrong, maybe I can send her away. So let me replace her."

"You must know that you can replace it, if there are other beads." Mother Xia asked suddenly.

Xuezhu was slightly taken aback, and quickly reacted and said: "There is always a chance. Compared to doing something, wouldn't it be more chance to do nothing."

"You want to go to the second girl so much."

Xuezhu nodded: "Which of the servants in the mansion doesn't know that the treatment in the second girl's yard is the best, although I am selfish. But I dare say that I have absolutely no ambiguity in serving the girl. The embroidery these days is even worse. It's a lot of hard work, just to hope that the second girl will like me if she sees her, so maybe she will keep me."

It turned out that they were fighting for the position of serving by their side, the second girl couldn't help but feel a little proud when she heard that.It's just that when he glanced at the somewhat pale Qing Huan, he retracted his gaze a little unnaturally.

Qing Huan lost all of her face today, everyone knew that it wasn't a good place for her, so forget about it, after all, it was just talking in private.But just now Xue Zhu pointed it out so straightforwardly, Qing Huan felt that many people seemed to be gloating.

It's just that since the old lady and the others are here, Qing Huan has to stay here even if it's embarrassing.

The old lady said in a deep voice: "You have to know that I rewarded you to Qi Yatou."

Xuezhu said calmly: "Yes, Xuezhu knows."

"Then you can stay with Miss Seven."

"Grandma..." The second girl was anxious.She is also very comfortable with snow beads these days.

"I..." Xuezhu knelt there in disappointment.

"Qi girl, don't worry. I will make the decision for you." After the old lady finished speaking, she ordered Wang's mother: "You send someone to search Qi girl's yard. See if those careless servants have stolen Qi girl's other place. s things."

Xia's mother frowned when she saw this: "Old lady, I'm afraid this is not good."

Searching the yard of an unmarried girl is ugly.

Xia's mother really didn't expect that the usually shrewd old lady would suddenly make this decision as if she was in a daze.It's just about matters related to Sanfang and even Qinghuan. Mother Xia didn't expect that the old lady just really had some demonic obstacles.

It's just that her words still made the old lady listen.

"Since that's the case, let's search the yards one by one, and just pick up the people's cages to look at. Mama Cui, you can take people with you too."

"As for Seventh Girl, follow me to Rongshoutang first. Everyone else goes back first, Third Girl and Fifth Girl go back and watch, don't let people get greedy and leave."

"Mother Xia, are you going back to the Rongshou Hall with the old man?"

Xia's mother nodded slightly after hearing the words and looking at Qing Huan.

A group of people including the eldest wife, second wife, second girl, and Xuezhu Ruizhu went to the old lady's Rongshou Hall together.

As soon as Qing Huan entered the yard, she was rushed by a small figure.

"Sister." Jun'er asked worriedly.

"It's okay." Qing Huan caressed Jun'er, raised her head and smiled at Xia Cao who came out with Jun'er.

Summer grass blesses the body.

Because there were too many people, in the room, Qing Huan hugged Jun'er and sat on the footrest.

Everyone was quiet, and after serving the tea, Chun Zhi led the people back to the door.

As for Xuezhu and Ruizhu, as soon as they entered the room, the old lady asked them to kneel in the middle.

The air is a little tense.

Jun'er tugged at Qing Huan's sleeve, Qing Huan looked down to see the worry in his eyes, smiled wordlessly, and reassured him that it was okay.After seeing Yan Jun, she nestled in Qing Huan's arms with peace of mind.

Just now when the old lady asked him to go to the pit, he didn't want to, and pulled Qing Huan's clothes nervously.

Simply, the old lady was already upset today, so she didn't care about him.

I don't know how long I sat there, but I only remembered that Chunzhi brought tea several times.

Just when Chunzhi was about to serve tea again, Mama Wang and Mama Cui came back belatedly.

When Ms. Wang came in, her eyes stopped on Qing Huan and her brother, with a hint of pity.

Qing Huan noticed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there was a bit of an accident in the middle, it finally proceeded slowly according to my plan.

If you don't succeed this time, it will be difficult next time.

Hope it works out, no.Qing Huan looked at Jun'er in her arms, she must succeed for Yan Jun's sake.

"Old lady, eldest lady. When I went to Fourth Miss's yard, Fourth Miss was waiting at the gate. After asking about the situation of the fire, I asked someone to search the yard, but there was no information about Seventh Miss's yard. Even if there is an extra hairpin bracelet, after asking the fourth girl, it will be rewarded by the second wife and her."

The second wife said with a smile: "Before, someone made a batch of worthless jewelry, specially for Yan Huan to reward servants. But those are not comparable to Seventh Girl's hairpin."

After hearing this, Qing Huan just patted Jun'er on the back lightly, as if she didn't hear what the second wife said.

(End of this chapter)