In her last life, she was only focused on helping Xie Yuanfu, but she didn't pay attention to what happened between her sister and her second wife. Since her second wife hated her father for occupying the title of Marquis, it stands to reason that her second wife also had the intention of harming her sister.

"To say that there is something wrong, I haven't found anything wrong. The eldest lady's temperament is different from other women. Even the young lady and the eldest lady spend very little time together. The eldest lady likes to be alone without being disturbed, and she has always been alienated from the second room. . Besides, the eldest lady is usually either in the academy, on study tours, or in Qinghua Temple, so she spends very little time in the mansion." Xia He tried hard to recall the time when the eldest lady was in the mansion.

Qinghua Temple?

In his previous life, Zhou Jiaqing also didn't understand why his sister rarely played with them and always loved to go to the temple. Now he understands that going to Qinghua Temple to pray is just a perfunctory cover for others.

It turns out that my sister had to accept these teachings since she was a child, and it was also difficult for her.

"What's wrong? What are you talking about? What's wrong with the young lady?" Chuntao heard Xia He's words as soon as she entered the door. She immediately put down the food box in her hand and came to Xia He's side. Xia He had no choice but to repeat the young lady's words.

"There is indeed nothing wrong between the eldest lady and the fourth lady, right, Dongmei?" Chuntao asked Dongmei who came in with her.

"Yes, but..." Dongmei took out the food from the food box and put it on the table, "There is something wrong with the second master and the eldest lady."

Zhou Jiaqing asked: "How to say?"

"The second master seems to be particularly concerned about the eldest daughter. Every time the eldest daughter comes back to the house, the second master happens to be in the house and cares about the eldest daughter. He always praises the eldest daughter in his words. He always mentions it intentionally or unintentionally, so that the fourth miss will pay more attention to her. Missy is studying or something like that.”

Is it possible that the second uncle has such a big heart?

Dongmei continued: "By the way, one time I went to Ronghua Residence and overheard that the old lady asked the second master what his plans were for the fourth miss's future marriage. Since he wanted to have a good relationship with Jingzhao Yin's house, what about Jing Zhaoyin's son? ? The second master said that he looked down on her in all kinds of ways, saying that only people with high status can be worthy of the fourth sister. "

"The second master doesn't like the Jingzhao Yin Mansion?" Chuntao was very confused. Considering Zhou Haiyang's official position, it would be considered a high achievement for Zhou Jiayun to marry into the Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

Zhou Jiaqing sneered in his heart, if this is true, the second uncle's good calculation is actually hidden so deeply!

According to this calculation in the past life, the second uncle and Zhou Jiayun wanted to steal my sister's marriage!

To see if this is the case, just try it.

At midnight, everyone in Tao Ranyuan had not rested, and the people who were waiting finally came over.

"Miss, my subordinate did what the lady ordered, and the fourth lady really ran out of the yard to check." Shuangcai reported.

"Miss, the Fourth Miss and the Second Master must have too much appetite. They dare to think about anything, but that's..." Qiu Ju stood up suddenly and looked at Zhou Jiaqing with shock in her eyes.

"Only a person of noble status can be worthy of the fourth sister, ha..." Zhou Jiaqing's eyes had an unclear meaning. It seemed that if her sister in the previous life fell into their hands, she would not have an easy time. No matter whether the dream was true or not, she would take revenge. !

The other three maids also had expressions of disbelief on their faces. After hearing the lady tell them who the eldest lady was studying with, they couldn't help but murmured: "How dare you think about it..."

Zhou Jiaqing's method was very simple. He asked Shuangcai to wait for Zhou Jiayun to go to bed, and then Li Yaxuan left Zhou Jiayun's yard. Shuangcai and Shuangfu pretended to secretly discuss outside the yard that their eldest sister was about to return from her study tour.

Naturally, this was overheard by the maid who was working in the courtyard and spread to Zhou Jiayun's ears.

"Then he will be back soon?" Zhou Jiayun suddenly lost all sleepiness, but her cheeks were a little red. She didn't even bother to put on her coat and hurried out to eavesdrop.

There were only two people going on the study tour, and Zhou Jiayun was definitely not excited because her eldest sister was coming back soon.

"Where's Shuangfu?"

"Go back to Miss, after he finished his work, he went back to practice in the open space of the mansion." Shuangcai replied.

"Forehead……"

In the past few days, Li Yaxuan's attitude towards Zhou Jiaqing was extremely attentive, but it was just for outsiders to see. The nuns from the Prime Minister's Palace saw that she was not getting along with her that day, so she had to make amends for her face.

Unknowingly, a few days passed by in a hurry.

Three days later, in the early morning, the sky was bright, and the first sunlight fell through the dense leaves, leaving little spots of light.

Li Yaxuan took care of everything, and before setting off, she took several girls to Ronghua Residence to pay her respects to the old lady.

The old lady told everyone to have fun when they go out to play. They seldom go out on weekdays and the sisters should pay more attention to them.

I don’t go to Shitangzhuang when I travel on weekdays. Although the scenery is rumored to be beautiful, it is actually quite remote and not many people have been there.

When Zhou Jiahua heard that he was going out to play, he seemed very happy and agreed with his face that he would have a lot of fun and live up to the old lady's kindness.

For this trip in simple dress, it is not convenient to lead a large number of maids and guards. Zhou Jiaqing and Zhou Jiayun are legitimate daughters and can take two maids. Zhou Jiahua and Zhou Jiajing can only take one maid. As for the bodyguards, Li Yaxuan will choose ten guards to protect the girls of the Hou Mansion. Safety.

As soon as he left the mansion, Zhou Jiaqing took a look at the lineup of guards and was a little confused: "These guards..."

"They are all the more skilled ones in our house. The second aunt specially selected them to protect you all the way." Li Yaxuan explained.

"But I don't know anyone." Zhou Jiaqing said.

Li Yaxuan frowned. These guards were all hers. Zhou Jiaqing suddenly noticed that they were all arranged well. "We usually work in the outer courtyard for a lot of people. It is inevitable that Qing'er doesn't know them. Now they are all arranged." Well, if it changes, it will affect the duty arrangements of other guards in the mansion."

Zhou Jiaqing was unmoved.

Seeing this, Zhou Jiahua was worried that he had missed the good opportunity to set off, and he was unhappy: "The guards on the left and right are the same. Second sister, please don't bother here anymore and set off earlier."

"Just replace those two with the guards outside our courtyard." Zhou Jiaqing pointed to two of the guards.

Seeing that Zhou Jiaqing only replaced two people, it would not affect anything. Maybe there were guards he knew in the accompanying team, so Zhou Jiaqing could relax, which was good.

Li Yaxuan looked generous, "Then just follow what Qing'er said."

Zhou Jiahua couldn't understand why Zhou Jiaqing insisted on doing this, and impatiently urged him to leave quickly.

It wasn't until dusk that we finally arrived at our destination - Shitang Village.

After getting off the carriage, I looked up and saw a dirt road leading into the distance, with a few farmhouses scattered along the road.

"What is there to see and do in this shabby place..." Zhou Jiahua felt dissatisfied when he saw the scene in front of him. He had been looking forward to it for three days, and the road was bumpy for a day, and now...

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