Compared with what Cheng Yi had to do, Cheng Lin's job seemed very simple. It was just to interrogate the two maids to see who was behind them and how that person planned and acted.
But even with this little thing, Cheng Lin didn't do it well.
Because the two maids bit their tongues and committed suicide.
Shen Tingjun looked at Cheng Lin with a serious look, "Is the person dead?"
Cheng Lin felt weak and wanted to answer his master, "They are not dead," but they were dead, and he could not bring them back to life.
Cheng Lin was also aggrieved. How could he have thought that they were just two ordinary little maids, but they had the courage to fear death? Just say you have this need?
Wouldn't it be better to confess again? Although the result is that life is worse than death, it is better to live than to die.
It turned out that those two girls were so good and so loyal that they could end everything with just one bite of their tongue. They were kind and righteous, but they suffered a lot for him. Facing his master's dark gaze, he also wanted to die.
But Cheng Lin was still very young and had not yet married and had children. He was the only one in his family and he could not afford to die.
Cheng Lin was trembling, "It's my subordinate who is not doing things right, my subordinate, my subordinate..."
Shen Tingjun snorted coldly, "Go back and accept the punishment yourself."
"Yes Yes."
Shen Tingjun was silent for a moment and then asked, "Who is responsible for Yao'er's hairpin ceremony?"
Cheng Lin knew this question and answered eagerly, "Mama Cui is in charge of the overall situation. The specific matters are handled by the Second Madam and the Third Madam."
He didn't know exactly how matters such as purchasing, cleaning and decorating the courtyard, entertaining guests, and banquets were distributed, but he could check it out.
Shen Tingjun understood his eagerness to make meritorious deeds, so he ordered, "Check the servants around the two ladies, and then go to various medical clinics in the capital to see if there are any suspicious people among the people who have recently gone to buy medicine. .”
Cheng Lin responded loudly, "Okay", and then waited for a moment. When he saw that his master had no other instructions, he finally let go of his worries.
Later, Shen Tingjun talked about the aftermath. Seeing that it was getting late, he sent his two subordinates away, and he returned to the main room unhurriedly.
The lights in the main room were out, but he was too familiar with this stretch of road. Even though he has not stayed here for ten years, it is still the courtyard he has lived in since he was a child. He knows every layout of it clearly, and even walked into the room even if it was dark.
But when he was about to enter the inner room, Shen Tingjun paused.
The room was filled with light body fragrance and a light fishy smell. These two smells mixed together, and Shen Tingjun became impulsive again.
But he finally suppressed the impulse, bypassed the sixteen-slit screen, and walked into the inner room.
It was dark inside the Babu bed, but Shen Tingjun could see every inch of it clearly thanks to his good eyesight, which he had practiced martial arts since childhood.
She curled up in the quilt, sleeping soundly with her face facing inward, her exquisite figure rising and falling with her breathing.
She must have been so tired that she didn't even hear him taking off his clothes and getting into bed.
Shen Tingjun went to bed silently, curling her long, fragrant black hair with his fingers. He stared at her for a long time, with completely undisguised possessiveness and affection in his eyes, until dawn.
*
Sang Nuanyue slept deeply.
But for some reason, her body felt extremely heavy, and her waist seemed to be entangled by a python. The force tightened tighter and tighter, making it difficult for her to breathe.
Finally, Sang Nuanyue opened her eyes, but she was stunned on the bed for a long time, unable to even move.
There is a familiar curtain above my head, and the winter plum blossoms are blooming proudly in the snow, and it seems that the air is filled with the fragrance of plum blossoms.
But in reality there is no plum fragrance at all, only the lingering aroma of pine and cypress.
The memories of yesterday came to mind bit by bit, and Sang Ningyue's eyes were full of complicated things. She couldn't help but lower her eyelids slightly, feeling the pain and comfort in her body. Her fingers couldn't help pulling on the corners of the quilt, and her heart felt like a mess.
Sang Nuanyue put on her shoes and got out of bed. Before she could say anything, Sujin heard the slight movement inside, opened the door and walked in.
Seeing that her girl was silent and looked very calm, Su Jin didn't know whether she should say those things.
But that's not what it means to be confused. Only when you understand everything clearly will you know what you are doing.
Su Jin knelt down and put on Sang Nianyue's shoes first. Then he thought about it for a long time before saying, "At dawn today, the Marquis personally sent you here."
Sang Nuanyue had already guessed this, her face was neither sad nor happy, and she nodded slightly.
"The maid next to the old lady came here to send a message, saying that you were resting at the old lady's place. Chunyu and the others don't know whether they believe it or not."
"Where's Qing'er? Is he trustworthy?"
Su Jin nodded, "Young Master didn't think much about it."
Su Jin wanted to ask what happened to the girl, and why she was sent here by the Marquis in the end. Moreover, when she changed the girl's clothes, she saw bruises all over her body.
But Su Jin endured it again and again, but in the end she didn't ask.
She told her story with Su Xin yesterday, "We were waiting for the girl outside, but the Marquis Mansion also bought a banquet for us, so we all sat down. It's just that Su Xin and I were worried about what the girl would say. , I didn’t eat much, I only drank two glasses of sherbet to quench my thirst.”
At first, she didn't think that there was something wrong with the sherbet. She just thought it was because she had eaten something wrong in the past two days and was a little upset. After that, Su Xin also ran to the clean room frequently, but except for the two of them, the other maids were all safe. This seems to further confirm that it was indeed the food they ate that was inappropriate before, rather than the banquet being unclean.
But when she and Su Xin returned to Rose Garden, they saw that both Chun Yu and Dong Xue were fine. The four of them all ate from the same pot. There was no reason for her and Su Xin to be tortured and run back and forth, but they were both fine.
Only then did Su Jin realize that something was wrong, and secretly speculated that something might have been added to the sherbet.
But by now it was too late.
After that, she hurriedly sent Dongxue to wait for the girl. It wasn't until dark that Dongxue came back alone and only told her, "The girl stayed at the old lady's place to have dinner."
Su Jin was suspicious, but after a while, the maids next to the old lady came to Qiangweiyuan again and told them not to wait for the girl. The girl would accompany the old lady at Heyan Hall tonight.
Only then did Su Jin feel that something must have happened to her girl!
She eagerly grabbed the little maid, escorted her out in person, and stuffed her with several silver nuggets. Then the maid said, "Miss Sang should be at the Marquis's place, don't worry."
But how could she not be worried?
It was completely dark, and the girl was still at the Marquis's place. What happened was almost unthinkable.
She thought that the Marquis had used medicine on the girl, but the Marquis of Wu'an was so bright that he would not do such a despicable thing. What else could be the reason for letting his girl stay in the Marquis's room at night?
Su Jin didn't dare to think about it.
She looked at the red marks on the girl's neck and her eyes were slightly red, "Girl, is this Zhou Baolu?"
Sang Nuanyue knew what she was talking about, so she smiled sadly, "It should be her. Apart from her, no one in this house should hate me so much."
"But how dare she? This is the Hou Mansion. If the incident happens, the girl will certainly be in trouble, but if things happen, how can Zhou Baolu guarantee that she will not be implicated in this matter? She does not want the position of Madam of the Hou Mansion. Is it okay? Why is she so vicious?"
Sang Nuanyue shook her head. She didn't know why Zhou Baolu had such hatred and resentment towards her.
Ever since she stayed at her uncle's house, she had been avoiding Zhou Baolu and never had a dispute with her. Even if Zhou Baolu asked her what she wanted, she would settle down for the sake of her life and try her best to satisfy her when she could.
The two of them had lived in the same house for three or four years, so there was supposed to be some affection between them.
But it didn’t.
But even if there is no friendship, there should be no hatred. She has never offended her or provoked her...
There is no use thinking about these things now.
Sang Nuanyue took a deep breath, and stood up straight with Su Jin's help.
Her whole body ached, her legs and feet were extremely sore, and the wounds were torn when she stepped, and she shivered in pain. She didn't want to show it, but she couldn't help but gasp.
Seeing this, Su Jin seemed anxious, "Tell me what you want to do and I'll do it for you."
Sang Nuanyue's face turned red and her face turned red. She finally spoke in a low voice, "I want to... go to the toilet."
After coming out of the clean room and washing up, Su Jin had already served the food.
While Sang Nuanyue was eating, Qing'er ran over after finishing her morning classes.
The silly brother didn't know anything and thought that his sister was just resting in the old lady's yard all night.
He asked curiously, "Why does the old lady want you to accompany her? The old lady has been busy for the third girl's hairpin ceremony for so many days. Isn't she tired? Sister, when did you get back early? When I got up to study, I heard from Sister Sujin that you came over from the old lady’s place before dawn. Isn’t my sister used to sleeping at the old lady’s place?”
Sang Nuanyue said "hmm" several times and ate in silence.
This meal was a bit choking, and Sang Nuanyue couldn't swallow it. Her throat seemed to be blocked, and she felt choked and had indigestion.
After finally finishing breakfast, Sang Nianyue looked at her younger brother and said, "Shall we go to the new house to stay for a few days?"
Su Jin was putting away the dishes and chopsticks when she heard this. But she didn't say anything, she just looked at the red mark on the back of the girl's neck, and thought to herself, it's okay to avoid it, but when she goes out later, she must make the girl wear a scarf to cover her entire neck.
Qing'er didn't know why her sister wanted to go to the new house at this time.
There is no furniture in the new house, and the yard is not neatly arranged.
But since my sister proposed it, she must have other considerations.
Qing'er asked tentatively, "Sister, do you want to worship your parents during the New Year?" Now there are only five or six days left before the New Year.
Sang Nuanyue hesitated for a moment before saying vaguely, "Yes."
Qing'er immediately became happy, "Now that we have our own house, we should put up the memorial tablets of our parents to offer sacrifices. In the past, we were dependent on others, so we could only do these things secretly. Now that we have a house, we can offer sacrifices as much as we want. Burn as many gold and silver ingots as you want for your parents. We can also prepare many, many tributes for your parents, and burn some big houses and paper figurines of carriages and horses for your parents."
"……good."
Qing'er went back to pack her things, and Sang Nianyue also packed her luggage.
Due to the rush of time, the things that can be packed away are limited. Sang Nuanyue looked at the other items in the house and couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.
Obviously when they first moved here, they only brought one carriage's worth of luggage, but now if they want to move all their things out, the carriage has to make at least two trips back and forth.
Then we can only let Su Jin deal with it later.
Before going out, Su Jin took a rabbit fur scarf and put it on Sang Nuanyue.
Sang Nuanyue was still a little unhappy, "It's not too cold today." It was noon, the sun was warm, and wearing a scarf at this time was a bit warm.
However, Su Jin pointed to the places behind her ears and the back of her neck, and warned in a subtle way, "Others will see it."
Sang Nuanyue's fair face suddenly turned red.
She turned her head slightly away from Su Jin, but the heat in her cheeks kept rising.
She spent the whole day avoiding thinking about yesterday's events, and she tried her best to act as if nothing had happened. But Sujin's finger broke through all her defenses, making her blush and bewildered.
Seeing how embarrassed her girl was, Su Jin felt very sorry for her. She even advised her, "Girl, this is all in the past. Don't think about it anymore."
Sang Nuanyue didn't say anything. After a long time, she said, "After you go to the new house, you can go to the drugstore to buy some medicine for me."
Su Jin almost immediately thought of what the girl needed. The medicine was harmful to the body and she did not agree with the girl taking it. But this seems to be safer than giving birth to an illegitimate child with no name or distinction.
Su Jin then said, "I will go as soon as you are settled."
The group of people left the door quickly, without even having time to notify the old lady.
Maybe it's not that I didn't have time to notify, but that I didn't know how to notify.
But some things can be avoided, and avoiding some things will only make people sad. The old lady was not kind to them, and Sang Nianyue didn't want to give the old lady the impression of being "mean and unkind".
She asked Su Xin to make a special trip to Heyan Hall and tell the old lady that the old people from the Sang family were here, and she intended to celebrate the New Year in the new house and worship her ancestors in the ancestral hall. Because the incident was too sudden, there was no time to inform the old lady. She would wait until the next year to apologize to the old lady.
Su Jin and Su Xin went out together and came back together.
Pedestrians were in a hurry on the road, with people carrying burdens and children on their backs rushing home. There were not many people on the road, but Sang's house was busy at this time.
The masters and their apprentices are installing the bed.
Because it was purchased unexpectedly and the installation needed to be urgent, the masters were busy lighting candles.
The wet nurse personally watched it and asked the craftsmen to be more meticulous in their work. This was a bed arranged for their girl, and there must be no flaws in it.
Watching the craftsman work to the end, and the work was indeed beautifully done, the nanny felt relieved and went to the flower hall to find the girl.
The nanny is old and dazzled, but after all, she is decades older, and she is still somewhat shrewd.
The old man saw the marks on Sang Nuanyue's body, and immediately understood why the girl ran over without even saying hello.
However, she had to ask carefully which bastard bullied the girl. If she were to find out which bad guy was doing this, she would have to curse their ancestors for eighteen generations.
Let me tell you all, it’s not that I didn’t update yesterday, I updated it, but it was blocked... you all understand, right? It's so miserable. I woke up early this morning and hurriedly revised the article, and then waited for the review, but until now, it has not been reviewed and approved. I continue to wait...crying.
