After all, Qiu Yilan was not responsible for finding out the regicide. She sighed to Jiang Yashuang. After seeing that the time was about right, she dressed up and went to the third room to help. Before the emperor was poisoned, she took " It is indeed inappropriate to go to the Queen Mother's Party to trouble the Queen Mother's party about the accounts of "Qing Feng Ji".
But be prepared, there will always be times when you can use it in the future, anyway, you don’t need the entire Jiang family to go into battle to find the regicide!
Therefore, most of the daughters-in-law and granddaughter-in-laws of the Jiang family have to continue to do business in addition to visiting relatives during this first month!
"Looking at the accounts every day makes people want to vomit!" It's just such a boring thing. It's nothing if you do it for a day or two. It's really a headache if you do it a few times. However, Qiu Yilan has no illness and no disaster. I couldn't help but complain to the maids on the way to the third room, "I went to take a look yesterday, and there is still a whole room to look at! When will this be finished?"
Chunran joked: "If you really vomit, you probably don't have to worry!"
"I would rather get away with a minor illness..." Qiu Yilan was interrupted by Xia Ran before she could finish her words, reminding her: "Young madam, Chun Ran doesn't dare to curse you with illness! She wants to congratulate you!"
Qiu Yilan was startled, and then realized: Chunran meant that her vomiting was morning sickness! She couldn't laugh or cry: "Sister-in-law Sixteen will go crazy!"
Sheng Shishui now has to take care of the pregnant little Tao and the young Jiang Huihuan. When he has free time, he also gets help from the third room. He is so busy that he almost wishes he could have a shadow clone. If Qiu Yilan is pregnant and needs her to take care of her, it is estimated that the sixteenth sister-in-law who has always shown her gentle smile since entering the house will not be able to smile...
Chun Ran and Xia Ran thought about Sheng Shishui, who was as busy as a top now, and both laughed: "Young Madam Sixteen will be happy for you even if she is too busy!"
"Any good news for the nineteenth brother and sister?" Before the two maids finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from behind and asked with a smile, "Sister-in-law, am I just in time to be happy?"
Qiu Yilan's master and servant stopped in a hurry, turned around and said, "Eleventh sister-in-law!"
The person who came was Xiao Zhuang, the eleventh young lady, who also wanted to go to the third room to help, and happened to come together.
Because of Zhuang Man, Xiaozhuang had always been the closest to Qiu Yilan among the daughters-in-law in the big house. At this moment, he hurriedly took her arm and scolded her for cheating: "In the same home, we see each other several times a day. , Why are you so polite?"
"What a coincidence, my sister-in-law and I came together." Qiu Yilan straightened up with her support and said with a smile, "But my sister-in-law didn't say anything. I really didn't know you were behind me, so don't blame me!"
"I told you not to be polite, but I will blame you if you say this again." Xiao Zhuang asked curiously, "I just heard from behind that the sixteen brothers and sisters will be happy for you. Why are you happy?"
Qiu Yilan was a little embarrassed and said: "It's nothing, Chun Ran and the two are just making fun of me!"
"Oh? What kind of joke?" From her expression and the way Chun Ran and Xia Ran snickered after hearing this, Mrs. Xiao Zhuang guessed that it was not a big deal, so she asked with confidence, "Maybe tell my sister-in-law?"
After all, Qiu Yilan is not as familiar with her as she is with Zhuang Man. If Zhuang Man were here and said "I won't tell you" directly, the two of them would laugh and laugh for a while without getting angry; but after all, he was being polite to Xiao Zhuang. More often than not, if you say this, it is not acting like a spoiled child, but a deadlock.
So I had to say: "Chunran was... teasing me about the topic of heirs! She also said that although Sister-in-law Sixteen is busy now, she would definitely be happy for me if she knew... If Sister-in-law hadn't answered the question, I would have really wanted to punch her!"
As she spoke, she glared at Haruran, who responded with an expression that stuck out her tongue.
Xiao Zhuang laughed out loud: "She is right! Although the sixteen brothers and sisters have been very busy these two days, how can she not be happy if you have good news? Not only her, everyone in this family will be very happy." I'm happy, you..." He looked towards her belly.
Qiu Yilan couldn't laugh or cry: "She was joking! I didn't!"
"Maybe she mentioned it?" Mrs. Xiaozhuang thought in his mind. It has been almost a year since Qiu Yilan came to the door, and there has been no news until now. Although Jiang Yashuang has no intention of blaming him, the government and the public are now worried about the emperor's poisoning. There were a lot of discussions, but Mrs. Tao would never forget the issue of the heirs of her grandson who she had brought up. Seeing Qiu Yilan not knowing that trouble was coming and smiling easily, Mr. Zhuang thought about his experience after passing the family. She felt sour for no reason, and after saying something nice, she took her hand and said softly, "We are visiting relatives in the first month of the year. If you are worried... I will go to your cousin Ruan's house in two days. Please invite your cousin Ruan in advance. Man, I’ll show you secretly!”
Qiu Yilan was stunned for a while and asked uncertainly: "What does sister-in-law mean?"
"You don't understand?" Mrs. Xiao Zhuang sighed, pointed at her belly, and said meaningfully, "It's not difficult to be nineteen this way - even if it's like your sixteenth sister-in-law, who blossoms first and then bears fruit, after all she is your biological child, right? ?”
She deliberately emphasized the word "biological" in her words, and her intention was self-evident.
"..." Qiu Yilan didn't expect that she had just passed away and hadn't gotten pregnant for nearly a year, so her cousin-in-law reminded her to go see a doctor for a check-up, and she couldn't help but be speechless. But Xiao Zhuang obviously had good intentions, so she couldn't say anything, so she had to lower her head and pretend to be shy.
They had already reached the third room while they were talking. After the two sisters-in-law entered, there was already a maid waiting to convey He Shuijin's words: "I asked the two young ladies to help me make this this afternoon."
After looking at the account books that had been placed on the table, the sisters-in-law looked at each other and sighed helplessly: "Let's get started!"
After these days, He Shuijin already has a good idea of everyone's work efficiency. The assigned tasks were neither too many nor too few, and they all ended while holding the lamp.
The difference in the time everyone put down their pens was never more than ten breaths, which shows He Shuijin's calculation ability.
Three servants had already come to serve him with hot tea and freshly baked pastries from the steamer.
Due to an incident in the Dou family, Mrs. Dou and the young Dou family forced themselves to go to the palace to plead for mercy at the New Year's Eve banquet, but they had no chance to speak out because the emperor was poisoned. And if the emperor's poisoning is not resolved for a day, even if Empress Jiang is willing to agree to them, she will definitely not Kung Fu asked. But after so many days, there are many beautiful and sultry members of the Dou family, even if they are not so beautiful, they are family members of the dignified Jijiu family, relatives of Jiang Banchao's family, nephews and nieces of the deputy prime minister of the dynasty. These names alone can be enough. Many people are willing to pay a lot of money in exchange for the spring breeze.
—The Queen Mother Party did not dare to get involved, and the Neutral Party did not want to cause trouble, but the Queen Mother Party did not have such scruples. Many people took advantage of the first month of the year when they did not have to go to work and went to enjoy themselves one after another as a source of discussion...
After the aunt and nephew found out, they were greatly stimulated. On the second day of the first lunar month when they returned to their parents' home, they both fell ill.
After all, they are the mistress and eldest sister-in-law of the eldest family. Even if their natal family is gone but there are still children, others would not dare to look down upon them. In this way, Mrs. Lu, the second young lady, stayed in the first room to attend to the illness, and the only one who could go out to the third room to help was Xiaozhuang.
Because of the chat on the way here, Xiaozhuang and Qiu Yilan got closer. At this moment, Sheng Shishui went back to see her daughter earlier, so she asked the maid to bring tea to Qiu Yilan: "Eat I'll go back after that. It's really cold today and the journey is still long. Fortunately, my fourteenth brother and sister were careful and prepared these for us to warm up before we left. Otherwise, I would have been really unbearable on the road... What about you? "
Because Dafang was not the son of Qin Guogong, he lived in a different courtyard from Qin Guogong's disciples - mainly because the relationship between Jiang Tianao and Jiang Tianqi was so bad that the two families were simply incompatible. In the past, when they lived close together, there would be one big quarrel every three days and a few minor quarrels every day. When Qin Guogong was angry, he simply separated them far away to avoid getting into trouble.
On the other hand, the third, fourth and eighth bedrooms are right next to each other, making it easier and faster to get in and out than in the big bedroom.
Qiu Yilan swallowed a small piece of tea and said, "Let's go too. I went to see the Fourteenth Sister before because I was worried about her. But I just asked the maid and said that she is in good spirits today, and the Fourteenth Brother I'm staying with you in the house, I don't want to make Brother Fourteen hate you!"
Both of them laughed. Mi Yinyin, who was chatting with the seventh young lady Zhang over tea, looked at them curiously for a while. Seeing that they had no intention of greeting her, she stopped paying attention and continued talking to Zhang. .
Xiao Zhuang noticed Mi Yinyin's gaze, and told Qiu Yilan with a chuckle: "What is she looking at me for? If she was alone, it would be fine, but Mrs. Zhang is also there, why do you want me to go over and talk to you?" Do they talk to each other?"
The relationship between the first house and the third house is so bad. If Xiaozhuang took the initiative to go to Mrs. Zhang, not to mention whether Mrs. Zhang would ignore her or not, she would also be unhappy if she told her parents-in-law later - especially if something happened to the Dou family, Jiang Tianao might be involved with her. Mrs. Dou even suspected that she thought the eldest house was inferior to the third house because she had an in-law, so she was trying to please the third house!
Qiu Yilan knew these joints well and did not criticize them. She chuckled and said, "The two of them are talking lively, why should we bother them?"
"Exactly." Mr. Xiao Zhuang laughed at himself and said, "Thankfully I still have you here, otherwise I would be really boring after finishing my work every day."
He Shuijin was ill and couldn't come out. Sheng Shishui shouldered several responsibilities and was too busy to stay in the third room for this refreshment. Mi Yinyin had always had a good relationship with Mr. Zhang... At present, this The only one who can keep her company is Qiu Yilan.
However, Qiu Yilan didn't think Xiaozhuang was so miserable. She didn't sit here for the past two days. She drank tea and had snacks alone. After that, she said goodbye - wasn't she very comfortable? How could the banker's daughter not be able to bear such indifference? Even if Xiaozhuang is far less aggressive and aggressive than her aunt and sister, she still can't be so glass-hearted.
So Qiu Yilan just smiled and changed the subject: "How have my aunt and sister-in-law been these past two days?"
"It's not very good." When this topic was mentioned, Xiao Zhuang frowned slightly, but her expression was a bit relaxed, "The second sister-in-law took good care of her, but the mother and the eldest sister-in-law were sad and often did not think about tea and rice. Yesterday It was only because of Xuer’s persuasion that I reluctantly entered.”
The Xu'er she was talking about was naturally Jiang Jingxu, the eldest great-grandson of the Jiang family and the biological flesh and blood of the little Dou family.
Qiu Yilan guessed that the reason for her relaxed expression was because Mrs. Dou and Mr. Xiao Dou were ill now, and Mrs. Lu was sick, and no one had the energy or time to trouble her or keep an eye on her, so although she had to come to the third room every day I feel a lot more comfortable doing things.
Qiu Yilan wasn't very concerned about the mood of Dou's aunt and nephew, but since it was brought up, she asked casually: "How could this happen? I'm already sick. If I don't have tea and food, what's the point... I don't think so." Think for yourself, but also think about uncle, eldest brother, and Xu'er!"
Xiao Zhuang sighed: "My father has been very busy these days! He had a headache in the past two days and couldn't rest. My eldest brother and her husband were waiting around and didn't dare to leave even half a step, for fear that my father would be exhausted too! Now Xu'er is running in both directions, it's really How worrying!”
"Is Da Fang so busy now?" Qiu Yilan said in surprise, "Then you have to advise Brother Eleven and the others to take care of themselves - and young Xu'er, you should also pay attention to your body running around!"
"Who says it's not the case? But I can't take any time off until the matter is finished!" Xiaozhuang's brows showed a trace of genuine annoyance, "The murderer this time is really weird, and I can't find any flaws that can be traced!" I know that my father and the others have tallied up all the things that are different from the past in the palace before and after New Year's Eve, and checked them one by one, so they have no clue—"
She lowered her voice, "Let me tell you a joke: It's Queen Mother Ye... Do you know Queen Mother Ye, right?" Seeing Qiu Yilan nod her head, she continued, "Queen Mother Ye, over there, asked for an extra basket of eggs in the twelfth lunar month, and she also wanted to send them. Go over and ask! Eggs are good for people, and they don’t hurt teeth. Queen Mother Ye is old and has no energy. What’s wrong with eating more eggs?”
It could be heard that Mr. Xiaozhuang was very dissatisfied with this matter. He even thought that the prime ministers were seeking medical treatment indiscriminately because of their sudden illness. If they found anything different from previous years, they would ask - but Qiu Yilan was stunned for a moment when he heard this. think.