Lu Tao shook his head at first, but couldn't resist Wen Qingzhu's request and could only sit down.
The sky was dark with ink, there was no moon, only stars sparsely dotted the night sky.
Wen Qingzhu finished washing and lay down on the bed early.
As soon as the lights were put out, Xi'er's panicked voice came from outside the house.
"Miss, are you asleep?"
"Not yet." Wen Qingzhu responded.
Lu Tao had no choice but to light the lamp again and bring Xi'er in.
As soon as Xi'er came in, she knelt on the ground and stammered: "Slave, I just went to see Sister Ruyun, but in the middle of what I said, I was caught by Aunt Yue..."
"Then what?" Wen Qingzhu smiled slightly.
Xi'er continued: "Aunt Yue asked slave everything, and slave told me everything. Then Aunt Yue gave slave a reward of two taels of silver. She also said that she would come in person to apologize in two days. It was her lax discipline! "
After saying that, Xi'er held up the two taels of silver in her hand.
After listening to Xi'er's words, Lu Tao was also a little confused. Aunt Yue gave her a reward and said she wanted to apologize
Wen Qingzhu and Lu Tao looked at each other, and then said to Xi'er: "Get up, keep this money, don't let Huan'er steal it."
After hesitating for a moment, Xi'er accepted the order and retreated.
The lights in the room were turned off again, and Lu Tao was sleeping on the small couch outside the screen.
In the silent night, Lu Tao tossed and turned, but still didn't understand Aunt Yue's intention.
Hearing the sound in his ears, Wen Qingzhu opened his eyes, looked at the dark tent roof and said, "Ruyun is Aunt Wu's."
"What!" Lu Tao sat up suddenly.
"Go to bed early. I'll talk to you later tomorrow." Wen Qingzhu yawned, feeling a little sleepy.
Lu Tao is very smart and quickly figured out the joints.
But the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she fell asleep slowly late at night.
In the dead of night, Wen Qingzhu finally fell asleep.
But not long after she fell asleep, she heard the long ringing of bells in her ears.
Wen Qingzhu suddenly woke up and sat up.
One after another, a total of twenty-seven times.
National mourning!
who is it
Wen Qingzhu thought about it carefully.
Lu Tao outside heard the noise and hurriedly put on his clothes and walked into the inner room.
"Miss! What happened? Why did the bell suddenly ring?"
Lu Tao was only twelve years old and didn't know many things, so she was a little nervous.
It’s Empress Zheng!
Wen Qingzhu suddenly remembered that on October 27, the 29th year of Shunde, Empress Xianzhen passed away. The whole country mourned, and Emperor Shunde did not attend court early for seven days.
"Lv Tao, what is today's day?" Wen Qingzhu immediately realized that the time was wrong.
Lu Tao immediately said: "Today is October 17th."
A full ten days ahead of schedule!
Wen Qingzhu stood up in a hurry and opened the door before he could put on his clothes.
There were continuous sounds of people outside Yanyuan, and lights were turned on in the West Courtyard and Tingqinxuan.
"Quick! Go and wake up Xi'er and Huan'er! You may not be able to sleep tonight!" Wen Qingzhu immediately ordered.
Lu Tao immediately accepted the order and ran to the side room to call for someone, while Wen Qingzhu went inside and changed his clothes.
After a while, Lu Tao led the two of them to the front.
"Miss, we're here." Lu Tao stood back beside Wen Qingzhu.
Xi'er was nervous, lowering her head and waiting for instructions.
Huan'er yawned and said lazily: "Miss, what's wrong in the middle of the night?"
"If you don't want to stay in the east courtyard anymore! Miss can let you go immediately!" Lu Tao scolded sternly.
This yard has always been managed by Lv Tao and Chun Bi.
Having just sold Chunbi, Huan'er didn't dare to continue to be presumptuous, and immediately said with a smile: "Sister Lutao, don't be angry. I'm young and ignorant, so don't be offended."
As he said this, Huan'er quietly glanced at Wen Qingzhu.
At this time, Wen Qingzhu had no intention of caring about the little maid. She stared closely outside the courtyard.
There is more and more light outside, and the sound is getting louder and louder.
Half an hour later, Huan'er shrank her neck and couldn't help but muttered: "It's none of our East Courtyard's business, why are you standing here?"
Hearing her words, Wen Qingzhu glanced at her coldly, which made Huan'er tremble all over.
Two quarters of an hour later, someone knocked on Yanyuan's door.
After the visitor came in, he went straight to the west courtyard.
After a while, Aunt Wu followed and sent a message to the two maids.
One went to Tingqinxuan, and the other came to their east courtyard.
The visitor is Luzhu, the eldest maid next to Aunt Wu.
When she saw Wen Qingzhu, Luzhu was stunned.
She never expected that the people in the east courtyard were all dressed up and waiting in front of the house.
"Miss Seven, my aunt has asked you to go to the front garden." After Luzhu finished speaking, she couldn't help but look at them twice.
Wen Qingzhu nodded and said, "I understand."
Then, she turned around and ordered: "Lu Tao and Xi'er will follow me, Huan'er will guard the east courtyard."
When Huan'er heard that it was Aunt Wu's order, she immediately became excited.
But as soon as Wen Qingzhu's words came out, her face suddenly changed and she said unwillingly: "Why should I be a slave guarding the yard!"
Wen Qingzhu looked sideways at Huan'er, which made her heart skip a beat.
Huan'er shut up and no longer had any objections.
When he followed Luzhu to the front garden, Luyu was leading Aunt Yue and Wen Qingmei over on the other side.
Aunt Yue and Wen Qingmei were both dressed in plain clothes. When they arrived, they lowered their eyebrows and greeted Aunt Wu.
Wen Qingzhu walked over and glanced at everyone, only looking at Nanny Lu who was coming from Huayuan.
In the entire Yanyuan, apart from Wen Qingzhu's father Wen Shuquan, Wen Qingzhu is actually the only serious master who lives here.
Nanny Lu glanced at everyone, and finally looked at Wen Qingzhu and Aunt Wu and said, "Now that everyone is here, let me start talking."
After saying this, everyone became nervous.
After Grandma Lu left, they all returned to the yard.
Huan'er was left behind and was filled with anger.
In order to vent her anger, she took a stone and smashed Wen Qingzhu's window.
"What are you doing!" Lu Tao suddenly appeared behind him, startling Huan'er.
Huan'er turned back in a hurry, threw away the pebbles in her hand, and said with a shameless smile: "Sister Lutao, I didn't do anything. Why did you come back so quickly?"
"The Queen passed away, please don't wander around randomly recently!" Wen Qingzhu ignored her and held Lu Tao's hand into the house.
The next morning, as soon as Lu Tao got up, he saw Wen Qingzhu in front of the desk, with his black hair spread out, sitting and meditating.
"Why do you get up so early, Miss?" Lu Tao hurriedly put on his clothes and walked over and said, "I will bring you some water and help you freshen up."
"Yes." Wen Qingzhu took a deep breath and responded.
After washing up, Lu Tao was going to the kitchen to get breakfast.
But Wen Qingzhu stopped her: "Let Xi'er go."
"But..." Lu Tao was worried, and seeing Wen Qingzhu's insistent eyes, he had no choice but to agree, "Then go and give the instructions."
When Xi'er came back, she was a little dirty and some of the porridge in the food box spilled out.
Lu Tao subconsciously wanted to teach her a lesson, but Wen Qingzhu raised his eyebrows to stop him.