The Devious First-Daughter

Of course, Qingyu didn't guard the backyard gate for no reason. Ever since she discovered Ning Zuan's weird account last time, Ning Xueyan stopped this account, and let Qingyu guard the backyard gate today. In the last life, she saw someone coming to Ning Zuan.

Usually there are few people going out in the mansion, even the back door is not easy to enter, but today is different, there are more people coming and going, some servants are greedy for convenience, so they go in and out directly from the back door, the access control is much weaker than usual , if you want to enter the mansion to find Ning Zuan, this is the best opportunity.

And the woman at the back door, Ning Xueyan also checked, she is not from the Ling family, not even from Mrs. Tai, she is the old lady of a former subordinate of Ning Zuan, who was disabled on the battlefield, Ning Zuan Taking care of his family, he specially brought his old mother into the mansion to look at the back door.

The wages given are also double that of ordinary servants, so in this sense, this is Ning Zuan's real confidant.

Therefore, it is more suitable to help Ning Zu'an with some things that he does not want to let other people in the house know.

Therefore, Ning Xueyan came to sit on the sidelines, and obviously, the effect was obvious.

"Where's Qingyu?" Ning Xueyan already had concerns in her heart, she nodded and said.

"Still staring at it now." Lan Ning replied.

"Go let her come over, don't stare at her anymore." Ning Xueyan ordered, and after she finished speaking, she parted ways with Lan Ning and went to Mingshuang Courtyard. Lan Ning knew to go to Ning Zu'an's study to find Qingyu.

After Ning Xueyan sat down at Mingshuang Courtyard, Lan Ning and Qingyu came back together.

"Girl, that woman wandered around Lord Hou's study for a long time, and then ran into Lord Hou's servant. The two seemed to know each other. After talking a few words, the woman was still waiting there, and the servant went outside. After a while, Master Hou came in and took the woman into the study, but he hasn't come out yet."

Qingyu just kept staring at this woman who suddenly appeared in the mansion, so she checked it out!

"What does that woman look like?" Ning Xueyan took a sip of the tea Lan Ning had brewed, and asked as if she suddenly thought of it, holding the teacup.

"The servant was watching from behind, but she didn't see clearly at first. Then, one time, she happened to be unable to find anyone, and hurriedly turned around at the door of the study. The servant deliberately walked over, pretending to pass by, and glanced at her. The woman is very timid, when she sees her servant, she hurriedly hides to the side, she looks timid, in her thirties, but she looks average, the servant has never seen her before, she is not from the house."

Qingyu thought that Ning Xueyan just wanted to confirm whether this person was from the mansion, so she specially added the last two sentences.

Ning Xueyan lowered her head slightly, her eyes were slightly sunken, and her appearance was average, so she was not very good. This seemed to be a little different from what she had imagined. Could it be that she made a mistake, but all the signs displayed in various aspects did not seem to be wrong. .

She asked Nanny Han to check that account in private, and it seemed that it was tightly guarded, and there were no traces of traces to be found, and she couldn't let Nanny Han check it openly, otherwise it would only be Ning Zuan was alarmed, for Ning Zuan, Ning Xueyan never thought that he had any father-daughter affection.

"What was Hou Ye's expression when he saw that woman?" Ning Xueyan rolled her eyes and asked tiredly.

"Hou Ye seems to have a lot of opinions, and his complexion is not good. When he saw the woman, he just frowned and looked at her for a few times, and then walked to the study. The woman looked around carefully, timidly. Followed in, like a little daughter-in-law."

Qingyu recalled the situation at that time, and was also very surprised. The woman's behavior and behavior were all a little strange. She said she was a servant, but it didn't look like it; Lord, it doesn't seem to make any sense.

"Qingyu, let's go to the backyard to have a look. The mansion was in chaos just now. I don't know if the investigation is clear in the backyard." Ning Xueyan thought for a while, stood up, and said to Qingyu.

Mingshuang Courtyard was originally a corner place, and the road to the backyard was not too far away.

Today, because of the Ling family, rumors of assassins emerged in the mansion. It was normal for her to check the backyard as the master of the Hou Mansion today.

The middle-aged woman came out of Ning Zuan's study, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Ning Zuan's cold back, gritted her teeth, endured her grief, and backed out. She lowered her head and walked very carefully. , Almost every time I saw a person approaching, I avoided them subconsciously.

Today is Madam Hou's day of great joy. The people who were supposed to come and go were bustling, but before the incident happened, the maids and mother-in-law in the backyard of the Hou's mansion were all cautious, for fear of accidentally causing trouble to the upper body. So even though she saw that this woman was unfamiliar, she didn't care.

Because there is a banquet today, the eldest lady specially transferred a few maids last night. It is normal for the old lady to come in and not recognize her.

I heard that the two maids who had happened in Lanyuan before did that because they didn't know each other.

The woman walked to the back door very easily, looked at the back door from a distance, and then breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she went out of this door, no one would know her, no one would find her, and she would be safe.

Her footsteps tightened, and she was about to walk quickly to the door. Suddenly, at the intersection in front of her, a young girl appeared, followed by a maid. At first glance, she knew that she was a rich lady. She immediately stood by the side of the road, bowed her head Shoulder, dare not move more.

"Who are you?" The gentle voice, with a touch of softness, reached my ears.

In front of her eyes was a pair of embroidered shoes embroidered with a hibiscus flower, half hidden under the skirt.

"The maidservant is here to ask Master Hou to ask for Zhuangzi's annual report." The woman cautiously answered the familiar words, which she had said before, so there was no doubt at all.

"Annual regulations from the Zhuangzi? Which Zhuangzi is from?" Ning Xueyan asked with a smile as she looked at the middle-aged woman with her head lowered and who could hardly see the slightest bit of face.

"It's that Zhuangzi outside the city. The Chinese New Year's harvest is not good. Lord Hou asked the servants to come over to pay for some annual expenses." The middle-aged woman didn't expect the girl in front of her to be interested in this. Although she was stunned, she was still respectful. He replied that he behaved well, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Qingyu looked her up and down curiously from behind, but couldn't see what was going on.

"It's the Zhuangzi outside the city. It's quite close to the capital. How did you come here?" Ning Xueyan's attitude was as gentle as ever, and her eyes were also smiling, from the middle-aged woman's plain clothes to the In her hairline, on top of her neatly combed hair, was inserted an ordinary hairpin.

Although the style is ordinary, the material of this hairpin is gold, which does not match the commoner clothes she is wearing.

"It's quite far away. The maidservant came here by hitchhiking, otherwise I wouldn't be able to reach the Hou Mansion at this time." Hearing that Ning Xueyan was just curious about how she got into the city, the middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief, very naturally answer.

"Go back in a while?"

"Maybe I have to wait a while. I still have some things to do in the city. I have to meet an old friend." Led by Ning Xueyan's homely gossip, the woman replied more and more naturally, subconsciously.

"Oh, do you want the mansion to send you a small car? Although it belongs to Zhuangzi, it is still from the mansion." Ning Xueyan continued to ask with a bit of interest on her face.

"No... no need, servant girl... just wander around, see old people, and see if there are any daily necessities for sale." When she heard that Ning Xueyan was going to send her off, the middle-aged woman shook her hands anxiously, her head involuntarily lift up.

It is really a very ordinary woman's face, placed among the servants in the mansion, she is not pale at all, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes make her look older than her age, and there are traces of labor on her hands and feet Ning Xueyan's eyes fell on her somewhat chapped hands calmly.

In the winter, her hands are not as well maintained as the servants in the mansion.

"Then go back earlier, so that no one will be waiting." Ning Xueyan smiled kindly, stopped staring at the middle-aged woman, and walked forward with her maid.

Seeing Ning Xueyan leave, the middle-aged woman let out a sigh of relief. There was a banquet in the Huguohou Mansion today, and many guests came, but the girl in front of her didn't look like a girl from another family, she was the third girl, the fourth girl, Or fifth girl?

The eyes of the middle-aged woman flickered, after all, she couldn't tell who the girl who just passed by was, she sighed at the moment, the past has passed after all, so what if she knows it, the Hou Mansion and herself have long been the same stranger.

Thinking of this, she started again and walked towards the back door. The woman at the door saw her, and without asking a word, pushed the door open to let her out, and waited until she walked out, then sighed and started back Close the back door.

The action in this scene was extremely fast and very natural. Ning Xueyan did not leave, but stood behind the tree in the path, watching this scene, slightly frowned, and said, "Xinmei has already left the house?"

That person, more than Ning Zuan, she didn't want people to find out!

"Yes, Xinmei passed by just now, and it should be at the back door at this time, girl, is there something wrong in Master Hou's village? How could it be possible that after a year, not only did not make any money, but there was still a lot of money left?"

Qingyu heard it clearly just now, and asked in bewilderment at this moment.

I just found out that the store deliberately made false accounts. Why did this manor house have another accident? Could it be that they also made false accounts? It's just that this Zhuangzi belongs to Lord Hou himself, and he doesn't need to report it to the inner court even if he reads the accounts and reports. It's just a general ledger for the flow of money.

Can't see anything wrong.

"Let's go, go back and rest first, Master Hou always has a saying, but I don't know if it's the same as what she said." Ning Xueyan had restrained her mind at this time, smiled gracefully, and the corners of her lips were full of sarcasm.

The greatest misfortune of the Ming family was that they met Ning Zu'an, who had a heartless heart, and died so miserably in the end. The Ling family took over the Ming family's position as a concubine, and they did not let the Ming family's mother and daughter go. It's not that he took Ning Zu'an's name, the reason why he can't deal with Ling's now is that he can't succeed.

Of course it was also because Ling gave birth to Ning Zuan's only son.

If she hadn't been reborn, Ning Xueyan would not have been able to escape death that day, and all of this was caused by the Ling family and Ning Zu'an...