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"Then how did Grandmother call Lu Kui and the two maidservants by your side?"

I waited for a long time, but when I did not see Jiayi speak again, I became anxious. I pulled my thoughts out of my head and looked up at my younger brother who was sitting opposite me.

Just a moment ago, his face had been as white as jade, without even a trace of blood. But now, two rays of red light flew out, causing his two cheeks to blush and his eyes to become extremely bright.

I reached for his forehead.

It was extremely hot indeed.

I punished him to go to the ancestral hall to kneel, and he experienced such an inexplicable incident. Then, he had no choice but to disguise himself as a maid and rush into my sister's courtyard with the steward by my side. He thought that he would be safe once he reached my sister's place, but the person I trusted the most in the world kept asking him questions. Although he didn't say it out loud, this child, as the person in question, must be extremely terrified, right?

I smiled wryly to myself.

Perhaps I have spent a long time with someone like Lan Lingyun, who is very smart and familiar with me, who can easily understand my every move. For a child as young as him, sometimes I feel very uneasy, not knowing what to say to make him understand, what to do to make him improve.

To Grandmother, I always speak respectfully with respect. There are some things that Grandmother understands when she speaks the least. Grandmother is also a smart person, and she has always cleverly avoided speaking to me in harmony. As my subordinates, all I have to do is to carry out my orders, and all I have to do is to check if they have reached the results that I had expected. I don't have to worry whether they would carry it out by themselves or by relying on their connections to get it done.

This would not work when it came to family matters.

He is neither an elder I need to serve nor a subordinate I can command.

In front of him, I played the role of mother, master, and sister. What I wanted to give him was not only the comfort of a grandmother, or the safety of a maidservant, but a skill, the power of a steward.

Paper comes to feel shallow, absolutely know that this matter should bow.

It was this ability that I couldn't tell him in simple, red words. I also couldn't just keep him by my side at all times. I could only let him see how I treated the world.

I couldn't help but laugh at myself.

Perhaps, I am not suitable to have children!

Think of how complacent I was when I took over this child, and how I wanted to bring him up so much. Now, it seemed that it would be even more difficult to educate him to have the ability to support himself.

"Family justice! "Family values!"

Although the child's eyes were open, they were still fixed on the blue and white pot on the table. It was obvious that he was lost in thought.

I gently touched the top of his head, making him jump in fright. He suddenly shivered before staring at me with a pair of watery eyes.

"You're tired. Let Mother Gu help you sleep!"

Even if I saw a child who was just frightened and sick, I wouldn't be able to force him to do anything. Furthermore, this child is my younger brother who has been with me for months.

I sighed to myself.

But the green bandit was also a very important person to me.

Now that I know a bit more, I have a bit more confidence to rescue the three of them as soon as possible.

"Mom, pour me a cup of tea!"

Jiayi shook his head, tugging at his hoarse voice to instruct his wet nurse.

He was too busy asking about the situation that he didn't notice anything unusual about the child.

Mother Gu was still sitting below me with her mouth wide open in a daze. Her two eyes were so blank that they couldn't even focus. It was obvious that she still hadn't recovered from her shock.

I poured a cup of tea and passed it to Jia Yi. "You can stay here with elder sister!"

After drinking an entire cup of tea, Jia Yi shook his head. After speaking a few times through his throat, he continued, "Later on, Big Sister Green Bull brought me into my sister's courtyard. My apricot was taken away by Steward Zhou. "Elder sister accompanied me to wait in the hall. She instructed me not to mention this matter in front of anyone and only waited for her to tell you."

"Later on, Sister Lan Li came out of your inner room, and Sister Lu Kui said to her, 'We followed Miss's instructions and first took Second Young Master to Ma's place in the outer Courtyard to apologize, and then sent Second Young Master back.'" Sister Lan Li then said to Sister Lu Kui, "Miss has just fallen asleep. Why don't you wait on Second Young Master to go back and rest? I'll come back tomorrow morning." "But Big Sister Lu Kui insisted that Big Sister Lan Li go in to pass the message. Lan Li didn't have any other choice, so she went into the inner room. Big Sister Lu Kui accompanied me as I stood in the hall and used her handkerchief to wipe my hair."

Seeing beads of sweat on his fair forehead, I poured him another cup of tea.

Obviously, he felt a pain in his throat, so he took a big gulp and talked to me again.

In about the time it takes to make a cup of tea, Lady Hong Chang, who was by Grandmother's side, came over and said: "I heard that Second Young Master was shocked, and told the servant who was by Young Master's side to go over and ask about the situation." Big Sister Lu Kuang's face changed, she thought for a moment and instructed Wen Lian and Ying'er to go over and talk, but Miss Hong Chang said that Big Sister Lu Kuang must go over. 'Second Young Master was just a little frightened, 'said Big Sister Lu Kou.' It's nothing important. If the Old Ancestor was worried, he might as well bring the young master to have a look as well. However, Miss Hong Chang said: "Under the Old Ancestor's orders, it would be bad if a child were to be pounced on by the hot wind while walking outside. They would only need to send two capable maids to talk to her." Big Sister Lu Kuang was unable to do so, and she told Miss Hong Chang that she wanted to talk with Big Sister Lan Li, but Miss Hong Chang was determined to not do so, and wanted to bring Big Sister along to answer immediately, so Big Sister was unable to do anything, and had no choice but to follow her.

Listening to the family's words, I unconsciously fell into deep thought.

It seems that my previous guess was a bit different.

Since this was carefully planned by Grandmother, why did she take so long to call the maidservant by my side? And why did Grandmother use an excuse that was not that the ancestral hall was haunted, but that Second Young Master was frightened? The comparison between the two made it clear that the theory of ghosts was more attractive, and the more attractive it was, the faster the news spread!

Grandmother wasn't that kind of person, you know. With this matter in front of me, even I can easily tell that this theory of ghosts is more advantageous to me. It's impossible for someone like Grandmother to not understand this clearly.

If he speculated like this, then his grandmother probably wasn't the real planner. Instead, she found out about it through the eyes and ears placed beside Yi Yeyu and hurriedly came to ask for a bargain.

This would both coincide with the time and explain why the explanation was not perfect.

However, there was a bigger problem. Other than Grandmother, who else in this house had the motivation to do such a thing?

I thought of Mother Feng, whose eyes were often filled with hatred ever since my mother died, who had remained silent at my mother's memorial tablet for many hours.

Could it be her?

And what exactly did Green Bull want to say to Lan Li before he left?

Jiayi said that she had changed her face at the time. Was it possible that it was all her grandmother's design that had also occurred to her at that time?

Or had he thought of something else?

I was thinking carefully when I heard a small cough.

I turned to look at the family sitting across from me.

His entire face was burning, and without the little boy's vigor, he slumped against the brick bed, leaning on the wooden bed. He was on the verge of puffing after three or four breaths, and it was clear that he had a obstructed throat and was having difficulty breathing.

I knew I couldn't ask any more questions.

If a family's justice isn't comparable to an adult's, it wouldn't matter if they were ill or delayed a bit. In the end, he was still a child and didn't have much strength left in him. It was already rare for him to be able to force himself to speak so much with me.

To be able to be so fearless at such a young age, and to be so meticulous about his surroundings, it could be said that he was an extraordinary character.

"Mother Gu!"

I called out three or four times, but the Gu family was still in a daze. They turned a deaf ear to me.

I had to pat her on the shoulder.

As if waking from a great dream, the Gu family stared at me in confusion as they muttered to themselves, "Impossible! We clearly sent Young Master to the outer court! I saw it with my own eyes! "

I curled my lips helplessly and pointed at the family members lying on the brick bed with my eyes closed, "Those are not things that you should worry about anymore, Mom!"

"Wipe the young master's hair dry, and let him rest on my kang. The bed is placed on the large chest of drawers with golden engravings on the side of the bed. Pick out a thicker bed for the young master to use." "I'll have them bring in a charcoal brazier later. Put it on the side of the brick bed and feed the young master more water. Don't even take a step away from him. If you need anything, just tell the young maid outside."

Looking at the expression on the Gu family's deity's face, I couldn't help but twitch my lips helplessly. I didn't know if she took my words to heart or not.

"Mom!"

I stretched out my hand and patted the table beside me. "If anything happens to Second Young Master, I think you will know too. My sister is definitely responsible for it, and you guys who serve by her side will definitely be blamed for it!"

The meaning behind his words was that his family's righteous illness was not only treated inappropriately by him, but was also taken care of inappropriately by the servants around him. At that time, it would become clear who would be punished since I am the master and she is the servant.

The Gu family seemed to be frightened by my words again. They pursed their lips, with a pale face, they lowered their heads and spoke with their chests, "Yes, your servant …"

Seeing how the Gu family was at a loss for words, I lost the patience to socialize with them and got off the brick bed.

The Gu family shook their hands to help me put on my shoes.

I frowned to myself.

It seemed that it would be better to get Second Wife Gong inside as early as possible.

With such a wet nurse by my side, not only will I not be able to help my family, but I will also be a burden.

"No need!" I grabbed my shoes and raised my chin at Yi Yeyu, "You just have to take care of Yi-ge!"

The Gu family obediently agreed as they escorted me to the entrance of the inner room.

I can't help but laugh, and just said that I would not leave the side of the son at home.

I was too lazy to argue with her. I went out of the inner room and met Lan Li, who was waiting in the hall.

"Miss!"

Lan Li's face was extremely serious.

I silently nodded to her, signalling for her to be quiet. I pointed to the inner room and said, "Go and wake up everyone in our courtyard. Light up all the lights in the rooms and let them listen carefully. "Send a mother to invite Huang Lang in, then light a brazier and send it to the inner room. Call Lan Zhi up and go to the inner room to watch over Young Master!"

The moment Lan Lingyun heard my words, she knew that I was going out and needed to guard the door well. She hurriedly nodded her head and opened the door to make the arrangements.

After sitting in the teacher's chair for a while and drinking a cup of tea, Lan Lingyun brought Lan Zhi and Mother Song into the room and said to me, "Mother Song is staying at the gatehouse to talk to mother Liu. Mother is an older person and has more experience than us."

What are the old people?

Experience.

Lan Li's words were like the tickling of a boot, as she was talking about her mother's heart, causing her mother to repeatedly nod in joy.

I smiled and nodded. "If I had known that mother would be staying in the courtyard tonight, I would have called you here!"

After sending mother Song and Lan Zhi to the inner room, I brought Lan Lingyun to the east side to my study to talk.

"What did the maidservants say?"

He opened up all the windows in his surroundings and saw that the sky was already starting to brighten. It was obvious that it would be dawn soon.

After staying up all night, I wasn't sleepy at all.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the first half of the night, I was worried that the family wouldn't admit my mistakes. But, after admitting my mistakes in the second half of the night, there would be even greater trouble.

Lan Li deftly warmed the tea tray on the stove for a while, as I liked, before pouring a cup of tea on my desk.

"Those maidservants only heard a scream from Mother Gu before being startled by the sudden gust of wind that opened the window."

Lan Li's face showed a hint of regret.

I had already expected that Lan Xu would not get any useful information from those young maidservants who were merely standing at the periphery.

The first thing that must have occurred to someone as astute and astute as the green bandit was how to control the scope of the spread. Since the Green Bandits had already decided, even if the maidservants saw what they heard, they would only know half of what was going on.

I drank a cup of tea, hid my guess, and told Lan Ling about the incident.

"So you're saying that Big Sister Lu Kui is in great danger?"

Lan Lingyun looked at me with worry in her eyes.

Even though he had only heard of what had happened, he immediately grasped the core of it.

I sighed and nodded.

"Then let's hurry to the old lady's place!"

Lan Li was an impatient person, so she stood up as she spoke.

I shook my head at her, poured her a cup of tea, pushed it down in front of her and said,

"We have to wait a little longer!"

Lan Li froze for a moment, then understood what I meant. She sat down with a flushed face and a look of deep concern on her face. She took my cup of tea and sipped at it, then sat down opposite me and waited for the dawn to arrive.