But after listening to his master's words, Xingyun couldn't care less about all the random thoughts that were running through his mind.
"Those victims did not wait for a month for the government to resettle them. I remember that it was my third uncle who went to provide disaster relief during the flash flood. At that time, my uncle donated enough food and medicine and used the best horses in the racecourse. Starting from Shengjing, we arrived in Yunzhou in less than half a month. It was because of this disaster relief that my third uncle made great contributions and later took the position of left minister of household affairs!"
The third uncle Xingyun mentioned was Gu Qian, the concubine of Marquis Yongning. Although he was a concubine, he was the only civil official in the Gu family of Marquis Yongning who had real power in the court.
Gu Qian, a disaster relief worker, arrived in Yunzhou in half a month. No matter how he communicated with the Yunzhou government, the victims should have been resettled within a month, so why were they still on the road to exile?
"Last time, my eldest uncle discovered that my third uncle had a close relationship with the Wei family, and now it happens again... Let's go and find out who was the governor of Yunzhou back then!"
If there was any concealment of credit for the disaster relief work, then the governor at that time must have been involved. After all, it was he who presented the report to His Majesty.
Xingyun was about to retire when he heard his young master say: "You don't have to follow me to the palace tomorrow. I asked Taoye the names and specific addresses of her family members, and by the way, they can be checked in the household register!"
"yes!"
Searching the books is not a casual matter. Just buying up the guards and warehouse managers requires a lot of money, and it also involves risking the use of young master Pei's manpower.
It seems that Miss Taoye does have a high status in the fifth young master's heart.
No one knew about the secret conversation between the two in the house. The next day, Taoye got up early as usual and helped Rong Jiu change clothes and wash up.
After breakfast, she told Xingyun about her mother and elder brother, then took out the robe and continued sewing.
Since some gold and silver threads were needed for embroidery on the cuffs and skirt of the robe, Taoye got up and went to the sewing room.
Since the sewing room was taken over by Cai's mother, the customs of the past have been greatly changed. The embroiderers are no longer busy fighting each other or guarding against being stabbed in the back. They only focus on their own work.
Even when Tao Ye came in, she just asked her how she was when she met him.
Gold and silver threads were valuable, and Taoye didn't want to cause more trouble, so he went directly to Cai's mother.
"Nothing else is urgent. Take good care of yourself first before you can plan for the future!"
Mother Cai asked someone to weigh the gold and silver thread. When no one else was in the room, she looked at Tao Ye's much thinner body and said calmly.
There was a hint of blame.
"Thank you, Mama Cai, for caring, Tao Ye understands!"
Taoye responded obediently.
Mother Cai didn't like to talk, so the words she just said were too much to say. Until the maid brought the gold and silver thread in, the two of them didn't say another word.
Taoye took the box, thanked her and walked out.
Rustling.
As soon as she left the house, Taoye heard a noise on her left.
There are several shelves for drying cloths arranged in an orderly manner over there. It's been a nice day these days, and there are a lot of cloths piled on them.
When she followed the sound, a green figure walked through the shelves with a shorter body.
However, Taoye only glanced at it and continued walking out of the yard.
But she found that as she took a few steps, the figure on the other side of the shelf also took a few steps forward.
Is this for her?
Taoye stopped and looked over again, but the figure didn't move again.
It was Aunt Luo or the second young lady who wanted to find trouble with her again. Fortunately, this was in the sewing room, and Taoye was about to go back and tell Mama Cai.
The figure walked out from behind the shelf on his own.
"Miss Taoye!"
Taoye stared at her for a moment, but she didn't recognize this maid, and her clothes were in a mess, her bun was a little messy, her face was pale, and her voice was hoarse when she called someone.
"Please girl, help me!"
The maid was obviously afraid of being seen. She glanced left and right and no one was passing by. Then she knelt down by the shelf and begged softly.
"Who are you?"
Taoye took a step closer, but was still three steps away from this man.
"I am Shuang'er. I was the one who sent the silk flowers from Qingfeng Garden a few days ago. Now Aunt Luo's people are looking for me everywhere!"
Shuang'er's voice was weak, and she was half-leaning on the shelf next to her when she knelt on the ground.
"I can tell Madam everything I know, but I won't tell Madam until I see Mother Qin next to Madam!"
Shuang'er hid in the sewing room. She didn't sleep for two days, and didn't even drink a sip of water. She just relied on her desire to survive and waited for the opportunity.
If she hadn't encountered Tao Ye today, she might have fainted from hunger or cold.
"Okay, but then you have to listen to what I say!"
Whether it's because of the feud with Aunt Luo or from Madam's point of view, Tao Ye can't pretend she didn't see it.
Taoye asked her to wait here first, and then walked into Cai's mother's house again.
"Please ask Mother Cai to take care of her for a while. I'll go to the main courtyard and ask Mother Qin to come over!"
In the room, Taoye told the whole story, then bowed deeply and begged sincerely.
"Go ahead and be careful on the road!"
Mother Cai nodded in agreement, and after Taoye left the sewing room, someone helped Shuang'er to her yard.
When Taoye arrived at the main courtyard, she happened to meet Qin's mother at the door and quickly told her what had happened.
"She actually hid in the sewing room, no wonder she couldn't find anyone!"
"Wait a minute, I'll report it to Madam first!"
Taoye was waiting outside, but after Qin's mother came out, she said to Taoye: "Madam asked you to go inside and talk with me!"
"I'll go to the sewing room first!"
Qin's mother said something again and went out with a few mothers-in-law.
Taoye followed her words and went to the back room. There were a lot of jewelry in the room, and each piece was a treasure.
"Come here and help me see which ones are the most beautiful here!"
Gu Yunqing's face was obviously happy.
"Madam has been asking us for almost an hour today, but Biyun and I both feel that every item here is a rare treasure. If you send it to Bowang Hou Mansion as a gift, Madam Du and Miss Du will be extremely satisfied!"
Bixiao smiled and said to Taoye, this sentence was also a reminder.
Taoye smiled gratefully at her, bowed and walked to Gu's side, carefully looked at the jewelry on the tray, pointed to a set of pink jade headbands and a set of red gold and gemstones, and said to Gu Yunqing: "Slave. I think these two sets of hair, one pretty and one expensive, suit Miss Du’s temperament very well!”
Gu Yunqing asked Biyun and Bixiao to bring the two sets of headscarves in front of them. After taking a closer look, he nodded with satisfaction: "It's really good, with a pretty face. This set of pink jade headscarves is really suitable!"
After picking out the jewelry, Gu Yunqing asked Taoye: "Is Qingxing still at peace today?"
"Sister Qingxing has been staying in the house the whole time! The fifth young master didn't go back to visit either!"
Taoye replied.
"I heard Mrs. Zhang say that the anti-pregnant medicine you used yesterday was replaced by decoction?"
Gu Yunqing nodded and asked again.
