The Nuan Pavilion has been set up a long time ago. There is a large brass stove in each corner of the pavilion, burning plum incense.
Mrs. Hou is wearing a hairy snow coat, with clear skin and home-made pearls. She has her feet on the foot stove. Her red leather skirt is decorated with three circles of gold satin, her eyebrows are full of spring, and she is beautiful and fragrant.
Cao Xiwan thought, seeing that his wife was in a good mood today, it was not like she had a cold face and opened her mouth to scold her last time.
"I heard that you met Master Miaolian in Chengfu Temple?" Lou Shuluan asked.
Cao Xiyang was still sitting on her little feet, and her appearance was decent enough. She wondered what Madam's plan was. But she raised her eyes and saw Mother Chen. Today, this confidant old mother has been standing next to Madam Hou.
The old woman Liu Ruhai mentioned in the alley who had retired from the army must be her.
Even the spies knew it.
This mother Chen, who came to the mansion as a dowry, is a veteran who retired from the army.
After she finished her tea, she quietly broke off a small piece of cake and hid it in her handkerchief without eating it.
She didn't dare to eat it yesterday. She looked under the plate and saw that there was no note with the word "toxic" on it today.
She stood up from her small steps, thought for a while, and replied: "To answer my wife's question, Master Tai occasionally reads a sutra. I will listen to the sutra when I feel like it."
"This is a good thing." Lou Shuluan sneered.
This woman had been dormant in the Buddhist temple a few days ago. After returning to the city these days, she has become restless. She is copying scriptures for the old lady and going in and out of each room. It seems that she deliberately wants everyone in the house to know that she tolerates
He is an old man who does not want to leave the house, and he is the favored maid of the Marquis.
"I heard that you used to take care of the shop outside for the Marquis. You were also responsible for collecting the accounts of Chengfu Temple?"
"As far as I'm concerned, madam, that's indeed the case. Now it's all in the hands of the second steward."
"That being the case, I also have several dowry shops. One is the Huichun Hall. The other is now open as the Four Flavors Hall." Madam Hou wiped her lips with a handkerchief and suddenly changed her attitude. Her eyes were unpredictable.
"Both of them are drug stores, and I don't know how to use these medicines. But Mr. Hou mentioned earlier that he would hire a good female pulse doctor to come and arrange a prescription for me to take care of my body. I think I
It’s just his body, the Marquis has sustained injuries from falls and falls over the years. He has thought about it a lot, and you know it well——"
When she heard this, she felt alarmed. Why should she be asked to run the drug store?
Mrs. Hou doesn't like her. She can tell.
In this case, it's just a medicine for taking in the mouth. Just put it away and don't take it. But how can the doctor ask her to take care of it? She mentioned it on purpose yesterday because she wanted to make Madam Hou angry.
No way, Mrs. Hou wants to frame her?
Cao Xiwan looked at Mother Chen next to her. Mother Chen didn't look at her at all. She then thought about it, could it be because of Xiliu?
Why did the Marquis choose to cut down the thin willows? My wife must still be on guard against the thin willows.
The same is true in the Yamen. Although the Marquis valued her Cao Xiwan in the past, he also paid a lot of money to hire Su Jintian outside. He recruited a group of masters from Biying Palace to join the Jinyi Guard as officials, known as the City Patrol Division Biying Qungui.
It's just a matter of balance.
She suddenly felt calm again.
"If my wife orders me, I will naturally take care of these two shops for my wife. In the past, I went to the house on the fifteenth day of every month to report the accounts. Now I still have to listen to my wife's arrangements."
"In that case, Mother Chen——"
Mother Chen, the old woman who was accompanying the bride, came over and gave her two accounts.
She lowered her eyes and saw that Mrs. Chen had two broken fingers on her right hand. She raised her eyes slightly and looked into the old woman's eyes, which were full of energy.
In General Lou's Mansion, there is also an old man who has retired from military spies. Cao Xiwan thought that she knew Mother Chen.
Come to think of it, without Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Lou would not dare to speak to her like this.
Mrs. Hou was tired, and Mother Chen lured her out with a wink. One after another, they walked to the shelter at the corner of the green corridor in the main room. Mother Chen turned around and asked her, "Want to practice in seclusion?"
"...No, it's useless." She said sincerely.
"Really?" Mother Chen looked suspicious.
She sighed and didn't answer.
Mother Chen suspected that she was a female devil.
Yanzhi thinks she is a stupid girl.
That's fine. In the past, when she was in the yamen, she was flattered by the ghosts from the city patrol department and said, "Ghosts can change a thousand times and kill people invisible. This is the second level of the Nine Transformations of the Netherworld. The birth of ghosts."
"Ms. Qing, I also said it yesterday. Our wife sometimes doesn't speak well. Please bear with me. If anything happens in the future, you can trust me."
She thought for a while and decided that she would not be disadvantaged by this agreement, so she naturally agreed. Unexpectedly, Mother Chen actually said: "I persuaded my wife not to let you in, so as not to inconvenience you."
"?" She looked at Mother Chen in confusion.
"Palace Master Pingcui, Qian'er has entered the capital. Now he is serving as a first-class enshrinement in Prince Tang's house."
"..." Even she couldn't help but be stunned when she heard the news. Trouble was coming.
"He has a big grudge against you." Mother Chen said.
"……right."
"How are you going to kill him?"
"I want to hide in the house." She replied decisively.
Mother Chen smiled, showing the expression that you really have a big plan and you don’t have to lie to me.
"I will watch when you fight to the death." Mother Chen said with a smile.
Who wants to fight to the death? Cao Xiwan, who was already timid, sighed deeply. Fortunately, the master of Cuiping Palace is a famous swordsman, the master of Wanjian Villa, and a handsome man. She is confident
I thought that unless the Marquis's house was ransacked, he would never be able to enter the palace as an outsider.
Thinking about it like this, she couldn't help but feel that she had foresight, and all the money she spent in the house was not in vain. She thought again: "Mother Chen, is Xiliu someone who has been following my wife for many years?"
Mother Chen's eyes were slightly twitching. Cao Xiwan was more surprised than she was. She thought to herself, she guessed wrong? Xiliu was not the female lover arranged by Mr. Hou to be with Mrs. Hou? Manager Lian did not lie to her.
No, she thought thoughtfully. She shouldn't come to Madam.
Originally, she thought that her wife had a powerful female maid and Mother Chen. If any assassin like Yang Cuiping came to seek revenge, she would hide and let Xiliu and Mother Chen come.
Now, it seems there is no chance?
There is also a small note with the word "poisonous" in her sleeve, and a small cake corner wrapped in the handkerchief. Isn't this Xiliu trying to deal with her?
She held the account book in her hand and said, "How about the doctor in Huichun Hall?" She asked Mother Chen.
Mother Chen looked at her doubtfully, and smiled shyly: "To be honest with you, I want to open a medicine shop. You know, I am sick. Can I recruit the doctor who is in charge of Chun Tang? His surname is Feng."
"..." Mother Chen looked at her slightly shy smile, but the hairs on her back stood up.
This is the Qingluo female ghost.
She patrols the capital, accompanied by ghosts, and hundreds of beasts walk at night. Not only is she unique in her nine transformations of the underworld, but when she walks by you, she looks like a silly and shy neighborhood woman.
Hard to guard against.
This is the first thing that makes the city patrol commander frightened after hearing this.