But in just a moment, she returned to her usual well-behaved and clever appearance in front of Mu Yunqing, and said sweetly: "Miss, who is that young man who just came in?"

"He is the eldest son of Dafang, Shen Tuo."

The young man who didn’t know anything about the second wife’s aunt who died.

Mu Yunqing added in his mind.

"Oh..." Yiliang nodded thoughtfully, his eyes deep.

That night, a shrill scream pierced the sky above Chuanninghou Mansion.

Shen Tuo's eyes were gouged out!

Mu Yunqing was awakened by the scream.

Before she even opened her eyes, she heard the noise outside.

She thought that the Hou Mansion was really not peaceful recently.

She originally thought that she would be the initiator of the unrest in the Hou Mansion, but she never expected that she would actually be a bystander.

Things have happened one after another in the mansion, and it seems that this family has offended many people in the capital.

Slowly getting up from the couch, Mu Yunqing called out softly: "One or two."

The little maid quickly stepped forward and closed the gauze curtain: "Why are you awake, Miss? But do you want to have tea?"

"What happened outside?"

"Oh, it's nothing important." Yiliang said nonchalantly, "It's just the eldest son over there in the main room. Someone had his eyeballs gouged out."

Yiliang's tone was casual, as if to say: Ah, there are two dates on the tree that were picked by others.

Mu Yunqing: "..."

It's Shen Tuo's turn, right?

After this incident, Mu Yunqing's sleepiness suddenly disappeared.

Now she is certain that the actions of the people behind the scenes probably have nothing to do with her. After all, as of now, Shen Tuo has no intersection with her, let alone any harm.

The lights outside were bright, and one side of Mu Yunqing's cheek was hidden in the shadow, while the other side was illuminated by the light outside the window. His eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long while, she asked: "Did anyone see who committed the murder?"

Yiliang shook his head blankly: "I heard from the maid who served the eldest son tonight that she was in a daze when she heard the eldest son's cry and woke up. When she opened her eyes, she saw the eldest son lying on the bed with blood on his face. In front of her, I immediately fainted from fright."

"She didn't lie?"

"Probably not. It may be possible for one to lie, but it's impossible for both of them to lie."

"Two?" Mu Yunqing was confused.

The look in his eyes was innocent, but the words he said were wild: "The eldest son is having a lot of fun. I asked two maids to serve him tonight."

Mu Yunqing: "..."

After a few words, Nanny Zhou poked her forehead with her finger and scolded: "You girl! Why do you say all the stupid things without dirtying the young lady's ears!"

"I know I was wrong." One or two hands covered their foreheads, aggrievedly admitting their mistake.

Mu Yunqing did not blame him.

The sounds outside gradually became weaker. Mu Yunqing originally wanted to lie down and close his eyes to recuperate, but unexpectedly he heard a muffled cat meowing, and then he saw a small ball poking out from under the quilt. Come forward.

It’s walking in the snow!

Mu Yunqing looked shocked and turned to look at Yiliang standing by the couch: "Why is it here?!"

Yi Liang blinked innocently: "It came right after you fell asleep, and jumped onto the bed without me and Aunt Zhou. I was afraid of disturbing you, so I didn't dare to go up and catch it."

Mu Yunqing narrowed his eyes and pressed his forehead helplessly: "Send it back to Prince Kang's Mansion."

"yes."

Yiliang responded and was about to come forward to hug Taxue. The result was no surprise. Just like last time, Texue wouldn't let her touch her at all. He nimbly jumped out of the bed and jumped into Mu Yunqing's arms. In her arms, four paws were holding Mu Yunqing's pajamas tightly. Whenever she reached out her hand, he turned his head and bared his teeth at her.

Yiliang was about to cry but had no tears: "Miss..."

Grandma Zhou said with a smile: "How about giving it some more medicine?"

Mu Yunqing: "Mommy, taking too much drug will damage your brain."

Grandma Zhou was confused: "Does it have a brain?"

Mu Yunqing: "..."

Although, she thinks her family is very smart and understanding of human nature.

In the previous life, it caught mice and brought them home, neatly stacking them on the steps in front of her house. It seemed that it wanted to "replenish" her body, although she was almost frightened by the scene and fainted on the spot.

Later, it was punished by Rong Jin, and he never dared to go back to catch mice for her again.

"Meow, meow, meow." Texue meowed softly several times.

It looked up at Mu Yunqing, with bright eyes of different colors, and turned its face to rub her hand. After rubbing it, it licked it flatteringly, as if to say: Qingqing, do you have the heart to drive me away?

Seeing the way it was holding on to her clothes tightly for fear of being taken away, Mu Yunqing's heart softened: "Has anyone from Prince Kang's palace come looking for me?"

Shake his head once or twice.

Mu Yunqing sighed softly and finally relaxed: "Nanny, please go to Prince Kang's Mansion and tell me that Tuxue is here. I'll see if they send someone to take it back or... let it go."

Let’s rest at the Marquis Mansion first.”

"Slave, go right away."

After Aunt Zhou left, Mu Yunqing gently stroked the hair on Texue's back, and her eyes became softer.

outside the house.

Nan Xing lost her breath and hid quietly in the tree. Watching Nanny Zhou go to the direction of Prince Kang's Mansion at night, she felt relieved when she saw that there was no cat in her hand.

The master specially sent the cat to Miss Mu. If he was sent back by them, the master would be so angry that he would throw him into the Xuanying Pavilion to be tortured and vent his anger.

Thinking of this, Nan Xing boldly glanced at his master, and when he saw a smile on Rong Jin's lips, Nan Xing's anxious heart finally returned to its true place.

However, Nan Xing also felt strange in his heart. That little beast in Ta Xue was just a white-eyed wolf who was not familiar with the food. He was usually very well-behaved in front of his master, but if someone else was around, he would either walk away with his little butt shaking, or come up and give him a paw.

How come you are so close to Miss Mu?

And...why did the master suddenly think of poking out Shen Tuo's eyes? Anyone who offended Miss Mu before was killed directly, why did Shen Tuo change his routine?

Nan Xing still didn't understand and still didn't dare to ask.

***

Shen Tuo's matter was a mess all night long.

The Hou Mansion invited the imperial doctor and went to Jingzhao Mansion to report the case.

But there's no good news anywhere.

The eyeballs that fell out were like splashed water, there was no reason to clean them and put them back for further use.

As for the government, they just took away the two maids who served Shen Tuo that night and went back for interrogation. However, they spent the whole night without getting any useful information. Instead, they heard all about Shen Tuo's romantic affairs.

When Mu Yunqing woke up in the morning and saw the gloating smile on Yiliang's face, he knew that what happened last night was definitely not good.

She stood up, and Ta Xue got out of the quilt, jumped on her legs and looked at her quietly.

Seeing that it was still there, Mu Yunqing was a little surprised, but not too surprised.

She fell asleep last night before Mother Zhou came back, so she didn't know what Prince Kang's house meant.

She raised her eyes to look at Aunt Zhou and asked softly: "What did the people in the house say?"

While cleaning her face, Aunt Zhou replied: "The guards around the young prince said that this cat is only willing to be close to the young prince and only listens to the young prince. It just happens that the young prince is not in the house these days.

, even if he comes to Taxue with his slave, he will definitely not want to go back with him. He can only ask me to ask you to look after Taxue for a few days. He said that he will be very grateful when the young prince comes back."

Mu Yunqing: "..." That's not necessary.

As Aunt Zhou spoke, she pointed to the cloth bag on the table next time and showed it to Mu Yunqing: "The guard named Bai Su also gave the slave a bag of dried fish, saying that the young prince specially ordered someone to give it to this slave. It’s made by a cat, but he can’t get used to the dried fish on the side.”

"..." Her family, Tuxue, is a bit squeamish.

Mu Yunqing remembered that it had its own little temper in its previous life.

Every night when Rong Jin kicked him out of the bedroom, he was afraid that Rong Jin would make a mistake, but he would never leave. He would just stay in the corridor silently until Rong Jin left during the day and he could enter the house. He lay in her arms and began to catch up on his sleep.

But if Rong Jin didn't come back one night, he would nest next to her and sleep with her peacefully. His whole body would be soft and soft, unlike Rong Jin, who was hard.

"Meow."

Mu Yunqing touched the small fleshy pads on the snow cat's paws, and suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling. She was afraid that in the future... it would be easier to invite gods than to send them away.

***

After breakfast, Mu Yunqing walked across the venue to visit Shen Tuo, and then "taken office" to meet the ladies and maids who were in charge of various affairs in the mansion.

She took Aunt Zhou to Baoxia, leaving Yiliang behind to look at Texue who was locked in the room.

When the master and servant arrived at Baoxia, many servants were already standing in the corridor.

There were also some who arrived late and almost followed Mu Yunqing in, chatting and laughing, and some even held a handful of melon seeds in their hands.

Those who knew it was the Marquis Mansion, but those who didn't knew it just thought it was a teahouse.

Mu Yunqing glanced at them one by one and said softly: "Since grandma sent me here, I will have to play a bad role. You will each perform your duties in the future, and we can live in peace."

She smiled slightly, her features were picturesque, and she seemed to have a good temper.

Seeing this, the servants kept whispering.

Firstly, Mu Yunqing is young and has little experience; secondly, she has no prominent financial background and is just a guest in this house, so these servants only regard her as a good-natured little girl.

Mu Yunqing took two steps, the tassels on her skirt swaying slightly, drawing beautiful arcs in the air.

She lowered her eyes, her delicate and beautiful lips slightly raised, but there was no real smile in her eyes: "If you don't listen carefully now, if you disobey my order in the future, don't blame me for being unkind."

As soon as these words came out, the servants just stopped talking.

They looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

"Mommy, read the new rules to them."

"Yes." Aunt Zhou took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, cleared her throat and read loudly, "Anyone who gambles and eats wine at night will be punished with twenty sticks; anyone who fights and quarrels will be punished with twenty sticks; anyone who steals and hides personal property will be punished with twenty sticks. …”

The rules were clearly laid out, and Mu Yunqing sent a few more old ladies to inspect various places every day.

Seeing that they accepted the errand, she said half jokingly and half seriously: "The nuns should supervise each other. If there is any favoritism, it will be regarded as a crime of harboring, but they will be punished together."

"...You slaves and others will never dare to do this."

"You don't have to be afraid, just do your part."

After making arrangements, Mu Yunqing waved them away.

In fact, after she first established the rules in her previous life, she even distributed small purses containing some broken silver to the servants in this house, because giving both kindness and power is the way to control them.

As a result, people in the mansion started talking about her, saying that she was using money from the Marquis' mansion as a favor, but she didn't know that the money was all her own. The old lady only ordered her to be the housekeeper, but she didn't give her the key to the warehouse.

In this life, she will no longer be that "boy who throws away money".

When everyone in the corridor had dispersed, Aunt Zhou couldn't help but said: "Miss, I look at the strict and complete rules you have set... Are you really planning to take care of the Marquis Mansion?"

Mu Yunqing raised his eyebrows: "Do I look so kind?"

"..." Aunt Zhou felt that she was overthinking: "I am just worried that we have just arrived here and our prestige has not yet been established, so we may not be able to convince the public. Not to mention that Mrs. Marquis may not be willing to accept it, and even this person is not afraid. It will stop."

"It would be nice if someone didn't stop, otherwise I would have to worry about it."

Normally, most of the people who rely on their elders and sell their elders are people from the big house, but this time she asked a few nuns from the second house to supervise her, so as not to worry about the two sides not being able to fight.

The lid of the cup brushed over the tea surface, and Mu Yunqing lowered his eyes to look at the floating flowers on the tea cup, his eyes dark.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor. Mu Yunqing looked up and saw Shen Miaohan angrily walking in with a group of servants.

Before Shen Miaohan could stand still, she shouted: "I heard someone said that you took away the power of running the family from my mother, is it true?!"

Mu Yunqing spoke leisurely and stepped on Shen Miaohan's sore foot: "You are quite well informed, but if you have time to worry about now, you might as well think more about how to heal the injury on your face so that you are not afraid of going out to expose the wind. More serious?"

"you!"

"My grandma ordered me to take over, otherwise you think I would be willing to take care of it?"

"Don't use your grandmother to oppress me!" Shen Miaohan's face turned red with anger and her expression turned slightly ferocious: "You are just the daughter of a merchant, and you are just a guest in the Marquis' Mansion. You really think of yourself as the master of this manor. ?”

Mu Yunqing took a sip of tea and said nothing.

Shen Miaohan just thought that he had made her speechless, and she became more and more proud, and her words were extreme: "Or, you want to cling to the Marquis Mansion, and want to seduce one of my brothers to marry you, so that you can stay with me for a long time in the future. On a high branch?"

Grandma Zhou's face darkened when she heard these words.

Sometimes, you can't hide the look that wants to kill someone.

Mu Yunqing narrowed her beautiful eyes and was about to say something when she saw a black and white shadow jumping in from outside the door.

Yiliang hurriedly ran in behind Texue. She ran in a hurry and didn't care to look at the road. She knocked down Shen Miaohan with a bang, and the nepeta grass in the bag flew up to Shen Miaohan. On Miaohan's body.

Texue smelled the smell of nepeta grass, which was terrible. At that time, he got angry and jumped on Shen Miaohan, scratching and scratching her, which ruined her already weak face even more.

Shen Miaohan fluttered her hands and rolled on the ground in an imageless manner: "Ah! Help! Someone come quickly... hurry up and drive this beast away! What are you doing there!"

As everyone knows, the servants want to help her drive away Tuxue, but they can't do it.

The posture of scratching people in the snow was like crazy. The maids and women were frightened for a while and did not dare to step forward.

As for Mu Yunqing, his master and servant, they all stood aside and had no intention of helping.

Until Mrs. Qin heard the news and rushed over.

Qin's eyes turned red when she saw that scene, and her voice was so sharp that it almost broke her voice: "Quick, go and beat that crazy cat to death! Save Han'er!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two big-bodied women with round waists opened the door latch and wanted to greet Texue.
Chapter completed!