Chapter 63

Mrs. Pan and Mrs. Pei, the concubine of the Queen of Heyang, are old sisters. Now they are enjoying the funeral. Mrs. Pei also went to the funeral. After returning, the weather may have changed. When the season is getting cooler, it is daytime, and most of the days are spent in drowsiness and sleep.

Jiafu had the impression that in her previous life, Mrs. Pei seemed to have died shortly after Xiao Lie became emperor. So now, when she saw that the old lady was unwell and Pei Youan was not at home, she was extremely nervous and anxious.

But despite this, the old lady's body was like a lamp that was about to burn out, and the light of the fire gradually dimmed. Kafu gradually felt an ominous omen in her heart.

Today, almost a month after Pei Youan left home, Jiafu received the first letter from him.

The letter was short and concise, just like the way Pei Youan always talked to her on weekdays.

He told her that he had arrived in the Nanyang area of ​​Jingxiang in more than half a month, and now everything was going on, and everything was fine, so she didn't need to worry about it, and asked her to pass on peace to her grandmother on her behalf.

Following the letter is a one-page book list attached to him. He said that the books listed are all in his study. If you have free time, you can follow the order listed in the book list, from shallow to deep, and take it for leisure. By the time she had finished reading all the books listed above, she would have returned to Beijing by then.

Since Pei You'an left, Jiafu has been taking care of Mrs. Pei during the day. At night, she is full of lovesickness. Sometimes she misses him, and she can't sleep late at night. Today I finally received a letter from him. Although there is not a single word of thoughts in the letter, Jia Fu is already satisfied with this list of books he has listed for himself. With a bit of sweetness in my heart, and a bit of regret, I thought about how good it would be if my grandmother was in good health.

She went to the old lady.

The old lady slept all morning. She just woke up and seemed to be in better spirits. She smiled and nodded after listening to Jiafu recite Pei Youan's family letter and greetings from her eldest grandson. At this time, Mrs. Xin, two Madam and Zhou Jiao'e also came to serve the meal. After staying for a while, the old lady sent them all back. The old lady told Jiafu not to stay any longer. She went back to take a nap, and specifically instructed her that if she wrote back, she should not mention her ill health, so as not to add to the annoyance.

Jiafu returned to her room, how could she be in the mood to sleep, she sat down and picked up a pen. When she was about to reply, Madam Liu came in and stood aside, hesitating to say anything.

Gaffe asked her what was the matter.

Aunt Liu approached and whispered, "Grandma, I heard that there have been rumors in the servants in the past two days, saying that there was crying in the middle of the night in the house where the grandma used to live, and she said..."

She paused.

"What else?"

Jaffe immediately put down the pen and turned her head.

"Also said... In the middle of the night, someone saw a hanged ghost with disheveled hair, dragging his long tongue, dangling in front of the yard where the uncle lived..."

Madam Liu looked at her face and said hesitantly.

The anger in Jia Fu's heart surged out little by little.

Pei You'an has only been away from home for a few days, and the old lady is ill again. In this prince's mansion, such rumors have begun to spread again.

If it is said that last year, when Mrs. Pei had her birthday, she heard the two old ladies chatting when she passed by Pei You'an's former residence, and she just felt unhappy, then at this moment, "unhappy" is not enough to express her at this moment. emotion.

She was already angry, extremely angry.

She held back and asked, "Who saw it?"

Madam Liu shook her head: "I don't know yet. I've also asked, but there are a lot of people in the house, and it's been passed from one house to another, and it's not clear which one made this statement first."

Jiafu gritted her teeth and said, "Go check it out again! Be sure to find out the person who saw the hanged ghost! I must have been very frightened, so I can comfort him."

Her tone was very serious, Liu mama was stunned for a moment, then nodded, turned to go out, but was stopped by Jiafu, turned her head, saw her in a trance, and after a while, suddenly stood up and said, "You don't have to Check it out, let me ask someone to check it."

Madam Liu was surprised and hurriedly followed after seeing that she had already left the house.

Jiafu went back to the old lady first, and asked someone to call Yuzhu out quietly, and asked her grandmother. She learned that she had just taken the medicine, and just after taking a rest, she took Yuzhu to an unoccupied corner and whispered that she heard it just now. The words were said again.

Yuzhu was taken aback, her eyebrows were raised, and she said angrily: "Who are these people talking about? You have to take care of it! No matter which one is decent or not, if you catch it, it will tear your mouth apart, and it will be cheap for those stinky mouths. !"

Jiafu said: "I also thought about it, I want to ask. It's just that my grandmother has been in a bad mood recently. I'm afraid that these foul words will spread to her old people's ears and make her angry. It's good that my grandmother doesn't know about it. Please watch more. ."

Yuzhu nodded: "Don't worry, grandma, I know all the people in front of the old lady, and I won't give face to those who are lazy and talkative. Since grandma specially mentioned it, I will be more careful."

Jiafu smiled and shook her hand. After she turned around and was sent out, she asked Tanxiang to invite Mrs. Meng Er, and then she went to Mrs. Xin's main courtyard.

Mrs. Xin was in Brother Quan's house at the moment, with an angry expression on her face, she reprimanded the nurse for being lazy, and did not help Brother Quan, who had wet the bed during the afternoon nap, to clean up in time. catch a cold. The nanny was a little aggrieved and defended: "I asked Xiaohong to go to the kitchen to get hot water early, and Xiaohong came back and said that just after a pot was boiled, she was taken away by the girl named Xiangmei in the second grandmother's house, saying: The second grandmother needs hot water urgently, so Xiaohong will wait, it will be too late."

Mrs. Xin was furious and threw the clothes in her hand: "It's the other way around! I really thought I was an immortal! Are there any rules in my eyes!"

The nanny muttered and said, "Isn't it true, that's what you're talking about. Brother Quan, I'm afraid I haven't even seen the second master a few times these days. It's time for Madam to set the rules."

Mrs. Xin's face was extremely ugly, and she was so angry that she wanted to call someone to call Zhou Jiao'e to speak to her. The words came to her lips, and they swallowed them back.

Although the Zhou family has been disheartened recently, the queen's position in the middle palace is still there, and it may turn over again one day. The queen also seemed to care a lot about Zhou Jiao'e. Just a few days ago, she sent the palace servants to give her some gifts from the palace. Besides, Zhou Jiao'e's temperament is really a bit sloppy this week. If she doesn't obey, and if this happens, the old lady thinks that she is incompetent, and she is even more afraid of being ridiculed by the people from the second room.

Mrs. Xin hated and resented for a while. When she was hesitating, she suddenly heard the girl come in and said that the eldest grandmother was here. Seeing the nanny, she still looked at herself eagerly, as if waiting for her to find Zhou Jiao'e to teach her a lesson. Taking advantage of this, he went downhill, ordered the nurse to take care of Brother Quan, and hurried out.