Cui Ming scoffed, "Listen to what you're saying, and see if you believe it or not."
Qin Yuan said, "In that case, give all the inventory lists to Gu Shiliu. Also, I suddenly thought of something that I need him to verify."
Hongye hurriedly asked, "What is it?"
Qin Yuan frowned slightly and said slowly, "I have some doubts. Perhaps the one who died was not the nanny who served Zhao Shi."
Hongye and Cuiming were both taken aback.
"Then who died?"
Qin Yuan sighed, "Could it be the real Granny Yang?"
Hongye remained silent for a long time.
Cui Ming lowered her head, deep in thought.
"You all find it unbelievable, don't you?"
Brother Qi suddenly coughed a few times.
Hongye Shinobu is here to file a complaint.
Hongye then whispered loudly in his ear.
The Marquis realized that I was thinking of myself, and pretended to know: "Cuiming, you should finish copying the secret memorial slowly and send it to the palace as soon as possible. You've been writing for almost half the night."
Hongmian returned and said, "I was stopped inside by the servant in charge of the study, and the food box hasn't been put down yet."
"After Zihe recovered, Cheng-ge'er didn't get very close to her, which suggests they weren't close back in Fengxuan Pavilion. So why did Cheng-ge'er suddenly become close to an old woman who guards the gate at night?"
Qiuju laughed and said, "Madam, please don't slow down. I heard from the old lady that there used to be a small banquet. Eighth Master said that it will be my turn to start the poetry club. The old lady said that if it is a banquet in the garden of the Marquis's mansion, Madam will not have time to work."
The Marquis saw the maids setting out the food and was about to invite me to dine with them when Gu Shiba hurriedly arrived. The two whispered a few words to each other and then left Wutong Garden together. Before leaving, Gu Shiba only had time to tell the Marquis to dine by himself, and then said that Cheng Ge'er was waiting for me to go with him.
Unfortunately, Gu Shiba pushed open the door and came out, asking, "What's wrong?"
The eight people sat together for a meal, and two extra portions were set aside and sent by Hongmian to the inner study.
You rushed to the inner study, only to be stopped by the guard at the door, who said sternly, "That's a restricted area of the study; how could he possibly come here?"
The red leaves nodded emphatically.
The servant hurriedly said, "Eighteenth Brother, Miss Hongye from the Madam's side said she has nothing urgent to discuss with him."
Hongye tossed the scroll of paper into my arms and said, "Those are the items that Madam compiled with you. He should take them to Cuiming to see."
“This is what you deserve,” said Brother Qi. “No wonder the old folks always say we should do good deeds. It’s easy for us to take care of Brother Cheng and his mother. It’s a simple thing to do without any effort. They’ve already done a small favor.”
Gu Shiba dared not be negligent.
Gu Shiba coaxed, "You're bad. You'll talk about me later. You used to be able to give our Miss Hongye a hard time."
"The rest is fine, but this gatekeeper has a bad face and a bad tone."
Gu Shiba: "..."
"right."
In her past life, Qin Yuan accompanied Lin Ziqi as he climbed from county magistrate to prime minister, a process that took many years and during which she witnessed countless extraordinary and major cases. Hearing Xiao Hong's words, she couldn't help but think more deeply.
Hongye broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Then go find Eighteen."
Hongye turned her body away.
The Marquis objected, “He is wrong. Have you ever heard of a case where a woman was thin, strong, and handsome, but dressed as a boy from a young age? In addition, she was extremely bad at needlework and was skilled at dressing up, so she pretended to be a man and walked around in her boudoir, harming many men. It was only when she was caught that the whole thing came to light.”
Feeling sad, Gu Jinghui quickly went to sit down at the desk and began to copy carefully.
Hongye thought for a moment, then slammed her hand on the table and said, "That's certainly possible."
"Yes or no?"
Seeing that you looked well, Gu Shiba smiled and said, "Is he angry?"
The Marquis was rummaging through chests and cabinets with his men, searching for something, when Brother Qi came back and asked, "What are you doing?"
Cui Ming continued, "Granny Yang always works the night shift, and she's a lonely person with a solitary personality. She doesn't interact much with the people around her, and she's always disheveled and dressed haphazardly. Even if she were a different person, she would still attract too much attention."
The servant said, "Gu Shiba and Cuiming have nothing important to do; he just wants to make a commotion here."
After I finished copying the memorial, I had it sealed and sent to Weiyang Palace. It was already lunchtime.
Gu Shiba said, "That's the inner study, where there are many confidential documents, and it's especially important that outsiders aren't allowed to get close. Even if Master Gao wants to see Cuiming, he still has to wait for a notification."
Qiuju laughed and said, "The old lady said the Eighth Master's new poetry collection was terrible. She insisted on holding a family banquet and invited Cuiming and the madam to eat together. The old lady paid for it."
The Marquis didn't seem to care: "It must be that the Eighteenth has received some important news. I am here, and we should use it together."
"Look how slowly that person is moving," Hongye hummed a tune as she hurried back to Wutong Garden, "there's still a small pile of account books waiting for you."
Gu Shiba stood there for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "I see, Madam is truly talented."
Hongye laughed and said, "Are you such a magnanimous person?"
His tone was far from pitying.
The red leaves nodded.
Qin Yuan added, "I heard from Xiao Hong that Cheng Ge'er is close to her, which is a bit strange. Every time I go to the main room, I observe those two children carefully. Cheng Ge'er has been in the main room for so long, but he is only close to Xiao Hong and Rong Mama. It is clear that he is not someone who is easy to get close to.
About half an hour ago, Nie Xialun also returned to Wutong Garden.
Qi Xiaoge said without feeling: "It's thanks to him for helping you with those things. We beat up Cheng Ge'er, and many people said it but didn't really feel at ease. When we came to see that Cheng Ge'er and his mother were being raised by bad people, we were really upset. Shiba said that he even heard many people praising us behind our backs."
Hongye said, "You've come here with Madam several times already, does he know? Now that you don't have anything important to discuss with Gu Shiba, would it be alright if he passed on a message and asked me to come out and see you?"
Gu Shiba led Hongye to the corridor and asked, "What is it?"
Gu Shiba was about to leave when Hongye said, "Wait a moment, Madam has no words for you to give to him."
After the Marquis woke up from his afternoon nap, the old lady sent someone to tell you to have dinner in the servants' quarters.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no, you have to go right now."
The Marquis joked, "Why wait until before the establishment of the manor to hold the banquet? That way you can eat less of the old lady's private money. Eighth Prince did such a small thing, and the old lady just cooked a big meal for him? You're so naive."
Nie Xia said, "If the Zhao family can achieve that, their ambitions are not grand."
The Marquis laughed and said, "If I knew that Cuiming was willing to spend a thousand gold pieces to cure Cheng Ge'er's mother's eyes, I would know how much I would praise her."
Cui Ming said, "Miss means that they may have been very close before."
After saying that, he hurriedly ran back to his study.
Hongye: "..."
Hongye asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"Is it true that you're going to visit Brother Cheng and my mother? There are some dark-colored fabrics in the dowry that you're not old enough to wear. If you keep them, they'll get infested with bugs. So, I'll give them to my older brother and my mother. There were some liver-soothing and vision-improving medicinal fragrances mixed in later, but I don't know where they are now."
The messenger was Qiuju, and Hongye asked, "Is there any reason?"
He paused for a moment and then said, "My whole family has gone to war, except for Brother Cheng."
“He said.”
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