Yuniang smiled and said: "I know, it's not necessarily bad to just follow the girl and the young men. Grandma will know it when she sees the housekeeper Jin Ming. Although he is a slave in name, when he goes out, many high-ranking officials respect him. As the old saying goes, he would rather be a chicken head. Isn’t that why I don’t want to be a phoenix? Being able to follow a wise master means you have more dignity than those ordinary people and officials.”
The two people were talking here, and Yu Niang asked about Yu Jie's current situation again, and said with a smile: "Why is that hoof hiding now? I still thought I could see her today."
Fu Qiuning smiled and said: "When I got off the boat, I saw that she looked bad, so I asked her to go home and rest. She might come back in a few days." Because he told Yu Niang what he had seen along the way, he left her to have lunch. , Yu Niang held the child in her heart and went back after dinner. Fu Qiuning went to the Jiaofang. When Lin Sile and the singing and dancing girls saw her, they were all overjoyed and pestered her to tell her what they had experienced. , and asked when the new play was to be rehearsed and what play was to be rehearsed, the chatterer did not let her go until evening.
After three or five days in a hurry, Fu Qiuning finally sorted out the Huangmei Opera "Six Feet Alley". Seeing that it was getting close to dusk, she was about to order the food to be served when she saw Jin Fengju coming in from outside. She was so busy that she came forward to greet him and joked a few words. , and after having dinner with the children, Jin Fengju checked the homework of a few little ones and then rested.
The couple were lying on the bed, and Fu Qiuning was feeling drowsy when he heard Jin Fengju suddenly say: "Today Xiangmian went to the study room and asked Fang'er to clean the bookshelf, so I agreed, and sure enough, the coral stone was The earrings were swept out. I think that when you chased that Shui'er away that day, you probably didn't expect that she had already succeeded, right?"
Fu Qiuning was so sleepy that these words disappeared without a trace. He turned around and said doubtfully: "Shui'er actually succeeded? Well, I didn't check it that day, thinking that it was a locked box. Yes, Qiu Ning." Yu said that the lock on the box seemed a little inoperable. It seemed that this little girl had broken the lock a little bit after opening it. But, why did Aunt Huo do this? These coral stone earrings, she There is also suspicion. If she wants to report me now, aren't you afraid that I will also be suspicious of her?"
Jin Fengju sighed and said, "I don't know why she is so impatient. Maybe it's because Wanying still wants to get rid of you, so after knowing that Shui'er succeeded, she forced her to take action. It's okay, I was also tired of looking at them, but now Since she wants to step out and be a clown, let’s let her do it.”
Fu Qiuning was speechless for a while, thought for a while and sighed: "Did I just put the earrings back under the bookshelf that day because I had this idea? Since I was tired of seeing her, I could have done it then, so why wait until now?"
Jin Fengju said: "I put the earrings back that day, just because I was afraid that if they went over to spy, they would become suspicious if they didn't see them. I didn't expect to give them such an 'opportunity'. I see Xiangmian trying every possible means today. She wanted to clean the bookcase for me. I didn't want to allow it, but it was really hard to see her performing. Oh! Qiu Ning, I'm tired and fed up. If she wants to go, just let her go. You can't see the heart. Don’t bother. Now that the Holy Heart has most likely been settled, we don’t have to worry too much. As for Wanying, I also thought that after the emperor comes back from the expedition in person, we can talk about it and let her go back. Well, the old lady doesn’t know her identity yet. I’m just worried that they won’t be able to bear the excitement, but no matter how worried they are, they will find out sooner or later. Now, let’s prepare them mentally for the matter of Xiangmian. "
Fu Qiuning was silent for a long time, feeling that what Jin Fengju said made sense, sighed, comforted her husband again, and tossed about for half the night before falling asleep.
There was nothing much going on the next morning, so Fu Qiuning planned to go to the Jiaofang after lunch, thinking that Aunt Huo might not take action so quickly. But before he could go out, he saw Jin Feng Ju Shi Shi Ran walking in, followed by Aunt Huo, Mrs. Jiang Wanying, etc. When he saw Qiu Ning, the young marquis blinked his eyes, coughed, and said seriously: "Qiu Ning. , sent the maids out, Xiangmian said that he had something important to talk about, and he wanted to come to you. He also invited his wife, Wanying and others to come over. Seeing such a big battle, I thought there was really something important, so Let me borrow your place."
At that time, brother and sister Jin Zhenyi happened to go to visit Aunt Xu on the back porch. Only Jin Zangfeng and Jin Zangjiao stayed at home. When they heard the noise, the brother and sister gathered around Fu Qiuning and stared nervously at Aunt Huo, wondering what this woman wanted to do? Aunt Xu had already wronged her mother once, but she didn't see the outcome? Do you want to take advantage of today to follow in that woman's footsteps
Fu Qiuning looked at Aunt Huo and saw that there was no expression of pride and joy on her face. Instead, there was a hint of bitterness in her eyes. She understood in her heart that this was the fate of the chess pieces. They obeyed others, even if they sacrificed themselves. You can only admit that you are unlucky. Because he gave up his seat to Mrs. Jiang, he managed to raise his head like a golden phoenix and said in a deep voice, "Oh? Since I said so, let's listen to what Sister Huo has to say."
Aunt Huo saw that Mrs. Jin Fengju Jiang, including Fu Qiuning and Jiang Wanying, were all staring at her. She felt her throat was dry and her scalp was tight, but she had to take a step forward, forced herself to be calm, looked at Jin Fengju and said, "I went to my study yesterday. Because on a whim, I cleaned the bookshelf for me, and found a coral stone earring from under the bookshelf, do you still remember it?"
Fu Qiuning thought that this was indeed the case, but looked at Jin Fengju, and saw him nodding, and said casually: "Remember, you didn't need to clean the bookshelf at all. Seeing your positive attitude yesterday, I asked you to clean it, but who knew you would still clean it?" Something happened, what? Is this the important thing you said? "
Aunt Huo said: "This is it. Take a look, sir. There are not many coral stone pendants." I thought, my study room is an important place. Except for the fact that I cleaned it under my nose yesterday, Normally, even if you are picking lotus and jasper, you can't get close to it for fear, but now you have found something like this, what does it mean? Isn't it clear to me?"
Jin Fengju raised his eyebrows and nodded pretendingly: "Yes, this means that someone went to access that bookshelf without my order. But who is this person? Think about it, who is in our house? Have you ever worn coral stone earrings?”
"Master, don't think about it." Perhaps because she got into the relationship with the role, the original hesitation on Huo's face disappeared a lot, and was replaced by an excited look. She turned her head and fixed her eyes on Fu Qiuning. , said calmly: "If I remember correctly, I gave Grandma Ning a pair of coral stone earrings that day."
"You remember correctly, you did give me a pair that day. Why, just because of this, you want to say that the traitor is me? Aunt Huo, don't forget, since you gave it to me that day, how can you guarantee it? Don't you have one yourself?" Fu Qiuning picked up the tea and took a sip slowly, but felt bored in his heart, secretly wondering why these disputes never end? Well, that's about it. Once these things pass, the Duke's Mansion should be quiet for a while.
"Although these red coral stones are not expensive jewelry, they are rare. My father gave me a pair that day. At that time, I saw my grandma's kindness and thought that I would be able to enjoy the shade under grandma's big tree in the future, so I reluctantly endured the pain. I gave them to my grandma, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect that my grandma would wear them and do such a thing. No wonder the Crown Prince's people would come over to see her at every turn. What kind of sisterly love is there? It's just to secretly convey news, right?"
Fu Qiuning thought to herself that although you were setting me up, what you said was really right. Then Fu Qiulan came to see me again and again, not because of the deep sisterly love, but simply to convey news. There was a smile on his face and he said: "Sister, what you said makes no sense. These earrings have been locked since they got into my hands. Have any of you seen me wearing them?"
At this time, Aunt Huo was already riding a tiger. She knew that what happened today was even worse than Aunt Xu's frame-up that day. Either Fu Qiuning would die or she would die. There was no other way out except that the fish was dead and the net was broken. So he simply sneered and said: "How come no one has seen it? I saw grandma wearing it for two days. Then, maybe for some reason, I never saw grandma wearing it again."
Fu Qiuning lowered his eyes, thinking that this was also a skill, lying without even blinking. Okay, after I said these things, that's about it. It's time for me to stand out for the rest.
Sure enough, Jin Fengju stood up, walked over slowly, weighed the coral stone pendant in his hand, then stared at Aunt Huo with sharp eyes, and said word by word: "Xiangmian said that Qiu Ning had worn this coral stone. Earring, did you really see it with your own eyes? This matter is of great importance and there is no basis for it. Don't try to frame me randomly. If I find out, it won't be as simple as being kicked out to Zhuangzi."
Aunt Huo's scalp was numb from Jin Fengju's gaze, and she felt in her heart: No matter whether she was eloquent or the evidence was solid, I had a conclusion in my heart. But now that she has come to this point, of course she has to try her best to fight, so she frowned and said: "I know that my feelings for Grandma Ning are as high as the sky and as deep as the sea, but the matter is here. Now I’m just saying that my second grandma wears this pendant, and I’m afraid I won’t believe it. In that case, let me take out her pair of red coral stone earrings and show them to everyone.”
"If you have anything to do, just say it directly, but I'm too lazy to move." Fu Qiuning sighed inwardly, thinking Huo Xiangmian, Huo Xiangmian, didn't you notice? Has this matter finally come to an end? He actually acted with such enthusiasm.